UO- 9/15

sammyl1221 · September 2016

TGIAF- Thank God It's Almost Friday!

LinziLoo09 · September 2016

While I acknowledge that she is a talented singer, Beyoncé does absolutely nothing for me. I could care less if I never heard another one of her songs again. I just don't care for her voice or style. It doesn't click in my head.

Austenista · September 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxe83lXgJg

slartybartfast · September 2016

@LinziLoo09 while queen bey has had some misses in the last few years, I think she's on fire now. Some of the songs on lemonade are awesome but somehow not hitting the consumer market in the typical ways which I'm confused about. Prince-like.

LinziLoo09 · September 2016

Yea, @slartybartfast I can logically get that she is talented. But her music just doesn't have whatever it is that makes me tap my toes and shake my ever-growing butt. None of her songs. Even older classics. She just doesn't hit that 'happy' part of my brain like other artists do. I recognize that this clearly must be a biological fault on my own end since everyone else loves her. She just doesn't do it for me. Meh.

slartybartfast · September 2016

I've been into a number of daycare centers and the immobile babies room always is so sad. It just doesn't seem like the right place for the little ones. I hate that we don't have better maternity leave and many families are left with no other option. And it works and the babies are safe and mostly healthy... But it doesn't seem right to me. Those rooms make me sad.

cjt121413 · September 2016

LinziLoo09 said:

While I acknowledge that she is a talented singer, Beyoncé does absolutely nothing for me. I could care less if I never heard another one of her songs again. I just don't care for her voice or style. It doesn't click in my head.

I totally agree. I'm over her.

dmontgo · September 2016

I hate those super jet hand air dryers in bathrooms.

I am all for saving the environment and being conscious of waste, but do I have to go deaf (well more deaf) in order for that to happen?

I don't need a super jet stream of air to dry my hands. I'll blow on them, wipe them on my jeans or on an unsuspecting stranger, thanx.

brittnic86 · September 2016

@dmontgo I feel like they don't really work either....

PensiveCrayon · September 2016

@dmontgo The worst part about it is that they're not all that sanitary. Yikes! But I do like the way they make the skin on my hands look funny.

Also, I am of the same opinion on Queen Bey, @LinziLoo09! Very meh.

phoebecar · September 2016

Not a fan of Beyoncé. At. All. I don't love her music and I don't really love her attitude (or perceived attitude) about things. So I agree with @linziloo090- just not a fan of her or her music.

Also not a big fan of dryers in bathrooms- for one main reason. I don't have a paper towel in which to open the bathroom door and you KNOW there are germs there because people didn't wash their hands after using the restroom. So all of that work to "de-germify" myself I've now just "regerrmed" up because Patricia before me didn't wash her hands before exiting the bathroom so now I've got Patricia's germs! YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!

My UO- I have a love/hate relationship with Target. I love that you can get anything there you want (within reason) but I hate going there and I hate that I always walk away with crap I don't need and spend way more money than I had planned!

brittnic86 · September 2016

@phoebecar I am forever walking out of Target, wondering how the hell I spent $100.....

penelope4612 · September 2016

slartybartfast said:

I've been into a number of daycare centers and the immobile babies room always is so sad. It just doesn't seem like the right place for the little ones. I hate that we don't have better maternity leave and many families are left with no other option. And it works and the babies are safe and mostly healthy... But it doesn't seem right to me. Those rooms make me sad.

We actually picked our daycare because the immobile baby room was cheerful and all the babies were up and out in bouncy chairs and boppies or on the mat. We visited some where all but one child was in a crib (and some were clearly awake and in the crib) and we were like, no way. However I do hate that daycare claim certain ratios of providers in a room and then tell you something else (we have 2 providers for 7 kids so our ratio is 3:1. Sorry but 2 providers to 6 kids is actually 3:1.)

jennbaylor12 · September 2016

slartybartfast said:

I've been into a number of daycare centers and the immobile babies room always is so sad. It just doesn't seem like the right place for the little ones. I hate that we don't have better maternity leave and many families are left with no other option. And it works and the babies are safe and mostly healthy... But it doesn't seem right to me. Those rooms make me sad.

It def can be and it is so hard to leave them Regardless of the care. We loved the infant room for our son though - cribs could only be used when babies were sleeping, they had No Swings - babies were never left in mechanical comfort but had staff holding/rocking/bouncing them and the babes were always either being held or engaged on mats with peers. It was awesome :-)

LinziLoo09 · September 2016

slartybartfast said:

I've been into a number of daycare centers and the immobile babies room always is so sad. It just doesn't seem like the right place for the little ones. I hate that we don't have better maternity leave and many families are left with no other option. And it works and the babies are safe and mostly healthy... But it doesn't seem right to me. Those rooms make me sad.

At our daycare, they have very few infants, so the provider(s) is almost always on the floor playing with them on mats or rocking them. Every now and then they're in a bouncy chair, but they're never left in cribs except for specific nap times.

leksiL · September 2016

LinziLoo09 said:

slartybartfast said:

I've been into a number of daycare centers and the immobile babies room always is so sad. It just doesn't seem like the right place for the little ones. I hate that we don't have better maternity leave and many families are left with no other option. And it works and the babies are safe and mostly healthy... But it doesn't seem right to me. Those rooms make me sad.

At our daycare, they have very few infants, so the provider(s) is almost always on the floor playing with them on mats or rocking them. Every now and then they're in a bouncy chair, but they're never left in cribs except for specific nap times.

Yea I loved the infant room in the daycare facility we signed up with. I literally could stay there all day. Our room is 6 weeks - 1 year so some of the children are more mobile and the ratio is 4:1 which seems high but the two ladies in there were amazing. There was a six week baby in there and I was like, hmm, maybe we will start at six weeks hahaha. In reality I'm sure it will be really hard to leave her.

slartybartfast · September 2016

@linziloo09 and @leksiL - interesting. I live in a daycare desert - there is waaayyy more demand than supply. I've been by a few and babies are always wailing their heads off and providers look stressed out. I just want to run in and snuggle all the babies.

bakerstreetboys · September 2016

My Costco is your Target. I love having a membership but usually blow $300 a visit when I went in for one thing....

R0824H · September 2016

while I enjoy the odd pumpkin spice muffin.... I don't get the hype to have EVERYTHING pumpkin spice ALL the time.

sourlemon · September 2016

I like the glucose drink. Liked it last pregnancy, liked it today. I wish they sold that stuff so I could drink it occasionally.

fauxpa-2 · September 2016

@sourlemon Which flavor did you choose?

My UO is a play on @R0824H 's. I LOOOOVE pumpkin pie spice in everything! I do agree that some things should just not have that flavor, but I want all the desserts, baked goods, and coffee creamers!

sourlemon · September 2016

@Fauxpa my hospital only has orange. And not refrigerated.

But I typically don't drink fluids cold (only sweet tea and milk) so I'm used to room temperature liquids.

DiFazette · September 2016

sourlemon said:

I like the glucose drink. Liked it last pregnancy, liked it today. I wish they sold that stuff so I could drink it occasionally.

@sourlemon I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but:

That shiz is Dis.Gus.Ting. Though - I have 3 things I drink in life - water, coffee and alcohol. I don't drink anything 'sweet' so maybe it's just a major turnoff to me.

swhiddon33 · September 2016

@sourlemon I share your review of the orange drank, although mine was chilled. I didn't hate it.

My UO (don't think I've used it before) is when people say "cooking" or "baking" the baby.

.....no. Just no.

Lisa3379 · September 2016

sourlemon said:

I like the glucose drink. Liked it last pregnancy, liked it today. I wish they sold that stuff so I could drink it occasionally.

I wouldn't say I LIKED mine, but I didn't mind it too much. They gave me a "lemon lime" flavor, and it tasted like Sprite that had no carbonation, and twice as much syrup as it should. It was whatever.

SmashJam · September 2016

@dmontgo I don't wash my hands when its just dryers, because I hate the fact that they don't dry my hands and I am just going to wipe my wet hands on my germy pants. I just use the hand sanitizer in my purse.

slartybartfast · September 2016

no, @DiFazette - you are right. @sourlemon that's totally crazy. I've been dreading drinking it so much that I am totally turned off of sugar completely right now. I was going to do jelly beans per midwife allowance but then I gave myself a sugar aversion so bad that having to chew jelly beans sounds worse than chugging a few oz.

sourlemon · September 2016

The administrator was shocked when I finished it in under a minute. She said most women gag and really struggle. But yeah, I like it.

I'm broken I guess.

princesslockness · September 2016

sourlemon said:

The administrator was shocked when I finished it in under a minute. She said most women gag and really struggle. But yeah, I like it. I'm broken I guess.

+1 to being broken. The fruit punch is the worst for me, but the citrus and orange I could drink on the regular-as long as they are chilled. I also have a serious sweet tooth, and rarely indulge it fully because it's like eat an entire batch of cookies+chocolate milk+ cream cheese frosting on graham crackers; bad.

PensiveCrayon · September 2016

@slartybartfast My midwife is letting me do the 50 grams for breakfast thing. Maybe that should be my FFFC

Anything to avoid that infamous drink.
@DiFazette You probably take your coffee black too, don't you? *shakes head, walks away* (J/K, love youuuuuu)

mysteryship · September 2016

I'm on team glucola, it wasn't delicious but it really wasn't awful. The phlebotomist kept saying "isn't it gross?" while I was drinking it, but it just tasted like Gatorade to me.

penelope4612 · September 2016

mysteryship said:

I'm on team glucola, it wasn't delicious but it really wasn't awful. The phlebotomist kept saying "isn't it gross?" while I was drinking it, but it just tasted like Gatorade to me.

Yeah I agree. I wouldn't go out and buy it for a drink but I didn't think it was that bad. I also thought it was like Gatorade or this juice stuff they used to give us at camp.

DiFazette · September 2016

@PensiveCrayon as black as my cold heart. Just kidding, I use a little tiny bit of the Dunkin donuts creamer. My husband does equal part creamer and coffee ratio, or that's how it tastes if I mistakenly take a sip of his. It makes me shudder.

slartybartfast · September 2016

I take mine black and strong. Or pumpkin spice latte. I feel like they are more orange this year. I like that.

phoenix870509 · September 2016

Ugh, how can you people like the glucola? I gagged on it, and that was with me drinking it with my nose plugged. If there is a Squish 2 I'm going to ask my doctor if there is another way. Blech!

Here's my UO - I don't mind if people touch my belly. By people I mean my close friends and family, and only if they ask permission first. At the football game we went to a few weeks back standing in line for concessions 2 of my girlfriends were trying to feel Squish kick, so it was hilarious to see them standing, hands on my belly, trying to convince Squish to give one good kick (which Squish declined). I think as long as I give my permission I have some control over the situation so that makes it okay. If some rando stranger were to, however, I'd flip.

allicat89 · September 2016

@phoenix870509- I agree! Strangers no way, but family, friends, and fellow church members all have an open invitation to touch the bump. I am a hugger anyway so that is probaby why it doesn't bother me. To be honest though, no one has touched my belly even once! They just awkwardly hover over my bump and pretend to pat it, which makes what should be a tender moment weird. Just touch the belly!

Mamax2 · September 2016

Y'all and your love for black coffee, glucola, and pumpkin spice. I have to have flavored cream and sugar in my coffee, glucola is disgusting, and pumpkin spice is even worse.

temmetime · September 2016

I'm with @sourlemon on the drink. They gave me room temp orange and I finished it in under a minute. I hadn't had any coffee/water/food yet that morning and I found it actually refreshing. I don't drink pop and thought it was like an orange Fanta or Sunkist with less fizz & more sugar

Just like @slartybartfast I take my coffee black and strong 97% of the time. The other 3% it's a sugarlicious pumpkin spice latte.

I agree @phoenix870509 I thought I would really hate people touching my belly, but I don't mind it at all yet! Granted, I haven't had a stranger do it, I'm sure I'd dislike that. I wouldn't come up to you and touch your butt (or would I?) so don't do it to people ya don't know. Family that has touched it (belly, not butt) have all been really careful to ask after they touch.. like "Sorry, is that okay?" And I'm all like yes puppy dog rub my belly and feed meeeee

ashleaf2018 · September 2016

Okay the orange drink is disgusting and all other opinions are invalid. It reminded me of children's liquid Motrin as far as consistency goes, way too syrupy. And I had it cold. That being said I finished it in under 2 minutes and felt fine after I drank it. Maybe a little light headed but no worse than standing up too fast after laying down for a while. I hope I pass because I would really hate having to do this again

l9i · September 2016

I'm in the opposite camp of belly touching. Unless you're DH, hands off, which includes family and friends. Maybe I'll change my mind once I'm huge and you can feel baby kick without effort but right now, nope. DH's parent's asked me a few weeks ago and I turned them down. I was just starting to pop (finally) and they wouldn't have felt anything so I don't see a point. The other day my mom came over and starting touching my belly out of nowhere and I backed away. DH laughed. She said she wanted to feel it kick but that's now how it works.

sourlemon · September 2016

@ashleaf2018 I hope I pass too cuz I wouldn't want to do the 3 hour one with twice the sugar. 2 main reasons: the waiting room chairs are horrendous and the baby pretty much clawed her way out of my belly (alien style) with the 1 hour drink...she would probably succeed if I had double the sugar!

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