No one has an unpopular opinion today? I really don't believe that. So I'll start... i may have created this thread at a stoplight on my way to work because someone *cough* @wyomama0427 *cough* asked me to!
I am not a fan of Scandal. I watched the first 2 seasons, and I'm sorry, I cannot stand Olivia Pope or Kerri Washington.
@labby18 I am with you! And all of her annoying wine drinking. I mean, I love wine as much as the next but there is something about the way she drinks it, or holds her glass, or shit I don't know. I just get annoyed every time I look at her holding and drinking wine.
I feel like refusing to treat a simple medical issue your child has is a kind of neglect.
For example... a student in my class (he's 6) has horrible year-round allergies. He sneezed in my class 37 times one day. He is late at least twice a week due to waking up with nose bleeds, and he came in right before lunch one day because he woke up with one of his eyes completely swollen shut. Every single day his eyes are puffy, he clears his throats constantly, and oy... the sneezing/nose blowing. I feel terrible for him. They refuse to even try OTC allergy meds. How is that properly taking care of your child?
@HollyGolightly09 DH and his sister both have really bad allergies. His stepdad refused to believe that allergies are a real thing. He told them to stop faking it and go to school.
@HollyGolightly09 DH and his sister both have really bad allergies. His stepdad refused to believe that allergies are a real thing. He told them to stop faking it and go to school.
Oh, wow... from what she told the school nurse, this kid's mom doesn't believe in medicating kids that young (whatever that means.) I can understand that argument with ADD meds, for example, but would they refuse antibiotics if he had strep?
@HollyGolightly09 DH and his sister both have really bad allergies. His stepdad refused to believe that allergies are a real thing. He told them to stop faking it and go to school.
Oh, wow... from what she told the school nurse, this kid's mom doesn't believe in medicated kids that young (whatever that means.) I can understand that argument with ADD meds, for example, but would they refuse antibiotics if he had strep?
Wow.. that's so sad!! I would have to agree with you.. if you don't treat an ailment of your child that they are clearly suffering from, that is neglect.
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
FFTC? I don't give DS his daily OTC allergy med. My reasoning is that since he's a highly reactive child I need to be able to see ASAP what sets his allergies off. I get worried that I'll miss a reaction and not have enough time to give benedryl or epinephrine in time and that I won't know what to avoid in the future.
FFTC? I don't give DS his daily OTC allergy med. My reasoning is that since he's a highly reactive child I need to be able to see ASAP what sets his allergies off. I get worried that I'll miss a reaction and not have enough time to give benedryl or epinephrine in time and that I won't know what to avoid in the future.
That makes sense, though. Better to have him sniffling and sneezing than have a delay in a dangerous reaction
FFTC? I don't give DS his daily OTC allergy med. My reasoning is that since he's a highly reactive child I need to be able to see ASAP what sets his allergies off. I get worried that I'll miss a reaction and not have enough time to give benedryl or epinephrine in time and that I won't know what to avoid in the future.
Totally different! You are trying to care for him with a different mindset. Not ignoring him and telling him to suck it up, stop making it up.
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
@HollyGolightly09 that poor kid! Not only is he most likely physically miserable, I'm sure there's no way he can concentrate or pay close attention to what you're trying to teach him!
I thought you should claim the UO thread since nobody has yet!
Also one time I was very sick for weeks and my mom refused to take me to the doctor. Finally went after three weeks.... turns out I had pneumonia!
My UO is that I don't think my kid needs a bath every day. Or even every other day. I bathe him when he needs it, but he just doesn't need it every day.
I hate Drake. His voice just drones on, and it makes me want to stab my ears with a blunt object just to make the droning stop. Also, he is not attractive at all.
I know I have way more controversial thoughts than that, but I just can't manage to think of them on Thursdays. I need to start keeping a list.
@HollyGolightly09 poor little guy. DS has terrible allergies, I can't imagine just letting it go. We have taken him to an allergist and he's on allergy meds. It's controlled most days now but I don't understand his parents just letting it go. Plus after talking to DS's pediatrician and the allergist, otc allergy meds like zyrtec are considered extremely safe over long periods of time, and even work better the longer they're used. I don't understand why that poor kid's parents refuse to help him out.
@wyomama0427 I totally agree with the bath thing. Especially during the winter when skin can get so dry anyway. When DS was younger, we actually had to control his eczema mostly with baths and lotion. Even then, he only needed about 3 baths per week. During the summer when he gets to play outside more, he gets them a little more often, but still not every day. Unless he finds mud haha!
I don't like Orange Is the New Black. There, I said it. I made it most of the way through the first episode, hated it, and never tried again. #sorrynotsorry
I don't like Orange Is the New Black. There, I said it. I made it most of the way through the first episode, hated it, and never tried again. #sorrynotsorry
I got really engrossed in the first season. But the second season seemed to be trying to hard to be controversial and edgy, so I quit a few episodes in and never went back.
My UO: if your kid is in the NICU, and you have PTO, you need to be there every day for your kid, especially if it's your only kid. We had friends give birth at 33 weeks and their kid was in the NICU for 3 weeks. Both parents had 12 paid weeks off but only spent a few hours at the hospital most days. They would take "breaks" and not go visit some days.
I thought you should claim the UO thread since nobody has yet!
Also one time I was very sick for weeks and my mom refused to take me to the doctor. Finally went after three weeks.... turns out I had pneumonia!
My UO is that I don't think my kid needs a bath every day. Or even every other day. I bathe him when he needs it, but he just doesn't need it every day.
When my nephew was little, his mom's rule was he had to have a bath when his feet were dirty. It kind of backfired, though, because he loved baths and started telling her "my feets are dirty".
My UO: if your kid is in the NICU, and you have PTO, you need to be there every day for your kid, especially if it's your only kid. We had friends give birth at 33 weeks and their kid was in the NICU for 3 weeks. Both parents had 12 paid weeks off but only spent a few hours at the hospital most days. They would take "breaks" and not go visit some days.
Definitely not an UO. WTC! I could understand if you didn't have 12 weeks of PAID leave, and had to work to paid off the medical bills. But this has no excuse.
@beccam1230 DS was born in January and it was so dry that after every bath, even if I slathered him with aveeno religiously he would molt like a lizzard! It was so sad, and kind of scary, but his delicate little skin just didn't agree with the Wyoming winter lol. He's totally fine now and we've cycled through tons of lotions to find anything that keeps him from peeling so bad but it just happens sometimes
@wyomama0427 aww! Poor little guy! That is sad, but I'm glad he's ok now. Its rough watching their sweet skin go through so much. We also had to go through soooo many lotions before we found one that actually worked. I'm willing to bet that DS's eczema was worse because of how dry it is here all the time! The day we brought him home from the hospital (in March) it was snowing!!
I really don't get all the hype over Westworld. I forced myself to get through the whole first season and kept waiting to get to the part that hooked me like everyone else and the ending was so predictable.
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
Ooo, ooo, I thought of a real one! The c-sections thread made me think of it. I judge women who schedule c-sections if it's not a repeat or medically necessary. An acquaintance recently scheduled a c-section just because she has no interest in finding out what labor is like. Um, but major surgery that is generally considered more dangerous for both mom and baby unless there are extenuating circumstances will be so much better? Nope. Don't buy it.
I really don't get all the hype over Westworld. I forced myself to get through the whole first season and kept waiting to get to the part that hooked me like everyone else and the ending was so predictable.
@mrs_tacos I've known a woman or two who scheduled a c section for convenience. Like, they want the birth to fit into their busy schedule. Major judgment from me.
@mrs_tacos +1 I feel like he mumbles or doesn't enunciate or I don't know what it is but I CANNOT STAND HIM OR HIS VOICE.
Maybe it's because I'm from where he is, but I love him. I don't go out of my way to listen to him but it plays all the time because I'm from the "6ix". What I have noticed is it is Toronto's lingo, there is a certain accent to it and it is heavily Caribbean based and there is SO MUCH SLANG. I get called out on it in Texas a lot.
My UO, my nephew is 12.5 and stays home all the time because he is "sick". My UP is that he is old enough that if he isn't contagious or throwing up he is good to go to school. He always just says he "isn't feeling well" no exact symptoms, never goes to the DR's, but stays home playing Xbox, eating frozen dinners. This happens like 2-3 times month. I knew some girls that would stay home the first time they got their period but to stay home at that age you better be pretty sick (high fever, contagious, throwing up etc) IMHO.
@mrstacos@Swazzle SO GLAD TO KNOW I'M NOT ALONE!! One of my students is obsessed with Drake and I just don't get it.
My UO is that I really don't like when people bandwagon onto others' holidays--like St. Patrick's Day--for the sole purpose of getting drunk. By all means, celebrate the holiday if it's relevant to you, or if you want to celebrate with friends who care about it. But if not, find another reason to get drunk--or just have a good time drinking without needing an excuse.
I really don't get all the hype over Westworld. I forced myself to get through the whole first season and kept waiting to get to the part that hooked me like everyone else and the ending was so predictable.
@kaylaakosua I used to stay home on my period, but I've always had really terrible cramps that make it hard to walk, let alone pay attention, and the medicine I took for it made me sleepy. I agree with you overall, though. I had a cousin who ended up graduating a year late from high school because he claimed to have terrible headaches. Even though multiple neurologists found nothing wrong with him, my aunt allowed it. He'd stay home and play video games all day. IMO, if you can play video games, you can do homework.
@lap018@mrs_tacos I thought the acting was really good but the show itself made me fall asleep a few times. It seems I may have the only truly unpopular opinion! Not one person agrees with me lol
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
@mrs_tacos I meant to say I understand periods, especially the first few years it's a learning curve between pads/tampons/leaking/learning how and when to change them and the cramps can be brutal! That's my exact thought if you are playing video games with a headache and eating junk... well no sympathy.
@swazzle I'm with you! It started feeling like a chore for me to watch it. I could take it or leave it. @labby18 I'd with you on Scandal. I watched the first few seasons, but eventually had to break up with it because I couldn't stand the awful monologues and Olivia Pope's quivery marble mouth.
My UO, I kind of enjoy flat soda. This mostly applies to Coke. It needs to be cold, but I don't mind when it loses its bubbly.
@lap018@mrs_tacos I thought the acting was really good but the show itself made me fall asleep a few times. It seems I may have the only truly unpopular opinion! Not one person agrees with me lol
She says she "fell asleep"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you dead inside?
Ooo, ooo, I thought of a real one! The c-sections thread made me think of it. I judge women who schedule c-sections if it's not a repeat or medically necessary. An acquaintance recently scheduled a c-section just because she has no interest in finding out what labor is like. Um, but major surgery that is generally considered more dangerous for both mom and baby unless there are extenuating circumstances will be so much better? Nope. Don't buy it.
I think I mentioned this on the c-section thread, but my cousin-in-law scheduled all of her kids. Apparently while in nursing grad school, she did her thesis on the dangers of vaginal delivery vs. the dangers of c-sections. And she came to the conclusion after all her research, that c-sections were less dangerous. I never have asked her about what facts led her to draw that conclusion, but I thought it was very interesting nonetheless.
Re: UO Thursday 4/13
I am not a fan of Scandal. I watched the first 2 seasons, and I'm sorry, I cannot stand Olivia Pope or Kerri Washington.
For example... a student in my class (he's 6) has horrible year-round allergies. He sneezed in my class 37 times one day. He is late at least twice a week due to waking up with nose bleeds, and he came in right before lunch one day because he woke up with one of his eyes completely swollen shut. Every single day his eyes are puffy, he clears his throats constantly, and oy... the sneezing/nose blowing. I feel terrible for him. They refuse to even try OTC allergy meds. How is that properly taking care of your child?
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Also one time I was very sick for weeks and my mom refused to take me to the doctor. Finally went after three weeks.... turns out I had pneumonia!
My UO is that I don't think my kid needs a bath every day. Or even every other day. I bathe him when he needs it, but he just doesn't need it every day.
I know I have way more controversial thoughts than that, but I just can't manage to think of them on Thursdays. I need to start keeping a list.
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
We had friends give birth at 33 weeks and their kid was in the NICU for 3 weeks. Both parents had 12 paid weeks off but only spent a few hours at the hospital most days. They would take "breaks" and not go visit some days.
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
My UO, my nephew is 12.5 and stays home all the time because he is "sick". My UP is that he is old enough that if he isn't contagious or throwing up he is good to go to school. He always just says he "isn't feeling well" no exact symptoms, never goes to the DR's, but stays home playing Xbox, eating frozen dinners. This happens like 2-3 times month. I knew some girls that would stay home the first time they got their period but to stay home at that age you better be pretty sick (high fever, contagious, throwing up etc) IMHO.
DS #1 [S-5]
3 Step Daughters [A-8] [E-6] [I-4]
Baby #2 09/10/2017
It's a BOY!
Babywearer&EBF
My UO is that I really don't like when people bandwagon onto others' holidays--like St. Patrick's Day--for the sole purpose of getting drunk. By all means, celebrate the holiday if it's relevant to you, or if you want to celebrate with friends who care about it. But if not, find another reason to get drunk--or just have a good time drinking without needing an excuse.
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17
DS #1 [S-5]
3 Step Daughters [A-8] [E-6] [I-4]
Baby #2 09/10/2017
It's a BOY!
Babywearer&EBF
@labby18 I'd with you on Scandal. I watched the first few seasons, but eventually had to break up with it because I couldn't stand the awful monologues and Olivia Pope's quivery marble mouth.
My UO, I kind of enjoy flat soda. This mostly applies to Coke. It needs to be cold, but I don't mind when it loses its bubbly.
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
Me & DH: 31 | Married: 5.4.13 | TTC: April 2016 | BFP: 1.8.17 | EDD: 9.13.17