On the topic of eating in high chairs, when i got my appendix removed back in October i couldn’t carry DS into his chair so instead i offered his play table and chair. Since then he won’t do a high chair. He actually drags is chair to the kitchen when it’s time to eat. They grow up so fast!
My confession is I did some online mat clothes shopping this week and didn’t tell DH till days later. Another confession is i like to smell DSs feet. Mmm baby feet
Re high chairs...we ditched ours months ago because it took up too much space in our tiny house, so the kiddo eats at the table (which is located in our living room...again, tiny house) in a booster seat with straps to keep him secure. Well apparently tonight before I got home he was eating dinner and my husband stepped away to do something in the kitchen and my son (15 mos) somehow pushed off from the table with such force that the chair fell forward while he was still strapped into his seat, and he somehow managed to land standing up while still strapped in. He was scared but totally fine. So now I'm completely re thinking our eating arrangements...
Oh I thought of a confession! Was just posting my wedding photos to the GTKY thread and remembered. We got married over 2 years ago, and to this day, I have completely failed to make a wedding album, hang any wedding photos, or give any photos to parents/family members. I suck. We paid over 3K for photos and all I have to show for it is a few social media posts and one 5X6 framed photo in our bedroom.
@zande2016 that gives me anxiety. We ditch high chairs as soon as possible. My kids eat better when they have some freedom to move their bodies when they eat. We eat out a lot, (city life) and a lot of places don’t have high chairs so it’s nice for my kids to feel normal there.
It just occurred to me reading the high chair posts that my LO is totally ready for the transition... my confession is that I keep forgetting to feed my dog
Hey @lindsayleigh1989 remember when we had a love spat over my extreme dislike of luluroe?
My FFFC is that I am currently wearing a pair that I won in a FB competition and they are SO COMFORTABLE. The print is straight out of Saved by the Bell but damn I feel good.
@amylu914 the prints can be horrendous and awesome but man the comfort!!
another confession: I have done like zero maintenance down there for far longer than I should admit too and I finally got too annoyed lol but definitely feeling a little embarrassed haha
It is amazing the habits we say we would never do that we do just to keep toddlers from being little a-holes! I let DS watch shows on my phone when we are at restaurants so I can visit with my DH/the people there without a tantrum. I always said I would never do that, and yet....it's better than him yelling the whole time!
Preach. I swore I’d never bribe my kid with food/sweets. Fast forward two and a half years, and DD screams “I get a marshmallow!!” When she poops in the potty.
My fffc is that I started reading this thread and @lindsayleigh1989 mentioned Doritos and I stopped reading went to my cupboard and cracked open a fresh bag of cool ranch and ate a bowl. Also I had a major baby brain moment the other day. I was going to my friends house for a games night (have been there many of times before, like at least twice a week) and I walked up the driveway looked at the car sitting there, thought oh that’s what our friend must have drove here, walked up to the door stepped inside and was greeted by a yellow lab. I looked around and realized I walked into her neighbours house. I quickly left and bolted out of the driveway did a drive around the area and went back to my friends actual house after. Mom brains are serious.
@zombiehoohaa we didn’t either! I mean after the honeymoon who could remember who gave us what! I totally forgot to do with DSs 1st bday. I do appreciate it and i will at least give a phon call or text to say thank you.
@zombiehoohaa yeah I never sent out thank you’s for my wedding. It’s been 7 years...I was super guilty about it for a long time but decided to let go of it and just be extra particular about getting them out now lol
I never got around to sending thank you's for my son's first birthday and I feel awful about it, but after nearly 4 months I feel like it's too late now and I think I lost the list of gifts. I also never sent thank yous for my work shower from my son and always felt guilty about it, but honestly it's amazing I got them out from my regular shower and I think pregnant ladies should be given a pass. I had to have my husband write them all because my hands had such bad swelling and carpal tunnel I couldn't really write.
+1 to forgetting thank you cards! My MIL threw us a huge party for our 1 year anniversary and there were like 100 people there. I never sent 1 single thank you, because DH wouldn't help and I was super busy with school. Sent them to all my fam when we had our party with them, though. I am perpetually late with them! I actually just super hate the expectation of thank you cards. Like, I used to have family members who got so annoyed when they didn't get them they told my mom they would stop sending gifts to us, and some did! I was like, isn't the call enough? Do you send gifts and go to things just for the thank you card? Because if so...eff you.
@SmashJam yess! I totally agree. You give a gift because you want to, not because you expect a thank you note. I’ve never once given a gift and thought “geeze I hope they appreciate this enough to thank us for it”
Count me in for forgetting thank you cards. Granted, we got married in Sept- I kept telling myself “technically we have a year.” But let’s be honest, it’s not happening now. DS is 2.5 and I haven’t sent out thank you cards since he was in utero... I’m the worst.
Ugh. The thank yous. I sent most of mine out but there are about 4 or 5 that were filled out with nice hand written personal sentiments, stamped, sealed, just not delivered because they needed address updates. They are sitting on my desk. We were married 16 months ago.
I always do thank you cards and send them no later than 2 weeks after the event. However, to this day I have NEVER received one from anyone else. Same with christmas cards. I have been having an internal debate on whether to stop because obviously no one else in my circle does it, or to keep going since it's the right thing to do
Also didn't so thank you cards. I wrote most of them, then lost them and couldn't bring myself to rewrite them. I found them when we moved 3 years later. I had guilt over it for a while mainly because my mom is a major traditionalist in that area and I knew it was causing her heartburn. Meh, over it now.
@cseley321 awww don't stop!!! I'd send u one right now if I could! Lol. Thank yous and paper cards in the mail are a lost art form so I think they are really appreciated when sent. Your friends and family may not be as good sending back but I bet they think it great of you.
We had 70 people at the wedding and minus 3-4 distant relatives of DH we are super close to everyone who attended. We snapped a photo of us at the end of the night by the band looking completely exhausted and I printed that on the cards with the caption "planning a wedding is exhausting, thanks for being there on our special day ". Used Vista print, basic stamps, and knocked those out 2 months after the wedding for less than $50. Most people bought items from the registry and the website logged their names and addresses, so this is one of the rare occasions when I was on top of it! We also sent some Polaroid pictures that guests had taken along with the thank you cards.
Thanks ladies! I definitely don't feel as guilty anymore. I have them, wrote some of them, even sealed some. Just never got to the actual send part. Getting back to reality after planning a wedding then going on a honeymoon...eeesssshhh! The struggle is real. I did thank many of the guests in person (we had 80 people, most family). So it wasn't that big of a deal. I just felt SUPER guilty. Now you ladies made me feel better!
We had 320 people at our wedding and about 400 gifts sent. I sent thank you cards to about 60% of the people - mostly out of towners who travelled for or wedding or people who gave outrageously big gifts. I know only one person who is mad at me for not sending a thank you (but she gave us candy for our wedding so....)
I sent our Christmas cards for the first time this year and I was surprised at the response I got from it! It won’t be a yearly thing I don’t think, but I’ll be doing it again at some point.
What I fail to understand is people who send essays with their Christmas cards. I got like 4 flipping essays I had to read. Explaining in detail about these people’s year. Like who has energy for that? And I’m sorry but who really cares that much especially in a world with social media? One of my friends literally posts daily updates about her life and then still sent a 2 page letter about her 2017 year..... like it kinda seems self centered IMO.
@celainev I send out Christmas cards most years with an updated picture of my family/ kids. I don’t write anything about us because I update pretty regularly on social media. I DO like getting updates from some of our close friends and family who don’t over share. I think it would be self centered if you’re an over sharer and everyone already know so everything.
We have family friends who do the letters but more as a joke, like "Joey got his drivers license this year and already has 2 speeding tickets. Sally earned straight Cs...so proud! Max refuses to leave the house in anything but his pirate Halloween costume."
@amylu914 the prints can be horrendous and awesome but man the comfort!!
another confession: I have done like zero maintenance down there for far longer than I should admit too and I finally got too annoyed lol but definitely feeling a little embarrassed haha
I am guilty here too! Between toddler and preggo fatigue self-care is out the window. I finally shaved my legs but it was only because they started hurting in leggings if a hair got stuck in the wrong direction... sorry not sorry... i've also apparently given up on my eyebrows and those random stray neck and chin hairs that showed up last pregnancy
my confession is i've given up on normal clothes at work - last week i broke out the maternity dress pants and started wearing my black converse. Haven't told anyone i'm pregnant so I'm just kind of staring people down daring them to ask lol. I'm comfortable, my bulging disc hurts just a little less, and I don't care!
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My confession is I did some online mat clothes shopping this week and didn’t tell DH till days later. Another confession is i like to smell DSs feet. Mmm baby feet
my confession is that I keep forgetting to feed my dog
My FFFC is that I am currently wearing a pair that I won in a FB competition and they are SO COMFORTABLE. The print is straight out of Saved by the Bell but damn I feel good.
another confession: I have done like zero maintenance down there for far longer than I should admit too and I finally got too annoyed lol but definitely feeling a little embarrassed haha
Also I had a major baby brain moment the other day. I was going to my friends house for a games night (have been there many of times before, like at least twice a week) and I walked up the driveway looked at the car sitting there, thought oh that’s what our friend must have drove here, walked up to the door stepped inside and was greeted by a yellow lab. I looked around and realized I walked into her neighbours house. I quickly left and bolted out of the driveway did a drive around the area and went back to my friends actual house after. Mom brains are serious.
@zombiehoohaa ugh wedding thank you’s are the worse! I didn’t do my godmothers and a few others but I’ll pretend they got lost in the mail!?
Edited to to reply to @zombiehoohaa
DS is 2.5 and I haven’t sent out thank you cards since he was in utero... I’m the worst.
I sent our Christmas cards for the first time this year and I was surprised at the response I got from it! It won’t be a yearly thing I don’t think, but I’ll be doing it again at some point.
What I fail to understand is people who send essays with their Christmas cards. I got like 4 flipping essays I had to read. Explaining in detail about these people’s year. Like who has energy for that? And I’m sorry but who really cares that much especially in a world with social media? One of my friends literally posts daily updates about her life and then still sent a 2 page letter about her 2017 year..... like it kinda seems self centered IMO.
my confession is i've given up on normal clothes at work - last week i broke out the maternity dress pants and started wearing my black converse. Haven't told anyone i'm pregnant so I'm just kind of staring people down daring them to ask lol. I'm comfortable, my bulging disc hurts just a little less, and I don't care!