I have never seen "this is us" and I have no interest in ever seeing it, because 1.) it looks like it's trying too hard; and 2.) Apparently it's sad and the world is full of enough things that make me sad without seeking out shows that make me sad as well.
I liked baby headbands but they never worked on my daughter and I was able to start putting actual bows in her hair about 3 months, which I liked better.
My UO of the day is showing off ultrasound pictures. No one wants to see the inside of your uterus. Now we got a 4D ultrasound of DD at 32 weeks and that was pretty cool bc it looked like her, but even my MIL was appalled by it and she was obsessed by everything in my pregnancy. Also- yes I showed off my u/s pictures, so I’m guilty of it too.
@sleepy33@RoseShadow873 so I am absolutely against those huge bows and headbands like this one but they make tiny little newborn bows on nude nylon headbands that are really cute. It has to be proportional. I probably didn't use them until closer to one month but they were adorable. Now I like slightly bigger bows as DD is getting older.
Like @k2k2tog whether DD keeps them on (and hats, as well) is hit or miss. Usually more miss unless she forgets it there.
I mean, I don't always think all bows/headbands are ugly (although many are ridiculous looking), but I just don't really get the need to brand the baby as a girl by strapping something to her head right away. And they just seem distracting in pictures. If I have a girl, I would rather have pictures where I can see her whole head and not some silly accessory. It's just not for me.
@RoseShadow873 I might be with you on that... I did see a few episodes and the first one definitely made me cry, but I find it just too serious. Not my kind of TV, I guess.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe DD2: October 2016 DC3: coming May 2019
I mean, I don't always think all bows/headbands are ugly (although many are ridiculous looking), but I just don't really get the need to brand the baby as a girl by strapping something to her head right away. And they just seem distracting in pictures. If I have a girl, I would rather have pictures where I can see her whole head and not some silly accessory. It's just not for me.
@RoseShadow873 No you didn’t about This is Us! Kidding, but seriously, I love it, and I’m way too attached to the characters. 😂
@sleepy33 and everyone else (haha) I think bows and headbands on baby girls are precious if they’re proportional like @kvh22 said. If we have a girl, I’m she will never keep them on, but I’ll try my hardest! ETA since I didn’t see new posts: I don’t see it as “branding her a girl”. I just think they’re sweet.
The writers of This Is Us actually pull a lot of their own personal experiences into the show, it’s part of why I love it so much.
I think the little bows are sweet and not overbearing but I don’t like the huge bows and turban style headbands. I also don’t think it brands baby a girl any more than, say, wearing a dress.
DH has a very weird hatred of bows and headbands on baby girls. I don't really care either way, but will admit that they don't look comfortable on the babies. We have never put anything on DD's head but unfortunately that means that most people see her and assume she's a boy, but whatever.
I love This Is Us. I love all the characters and the acting is amazing. I actually don't get upset over the obvious sad tragic stuff, but instead can get hit in the feels whenever they're just talking about real life, relate-able stuff, which is mostly what the show is about. You just can't help but love the whole family and I think it's easy to find some connection with someone, and feel emotional on their behalf.
UO - I'm not a fan of adults doing professional photo shoots. Maternity photos especially, but even parents+kids, frolicking in the field, engagement photos on the train tracks and by the barn, etc., are all so cringey to me. I think maybe it wouldn't be so bad if these pictures weren't blasted on FB each time they happened and instead were just tastefully framed at home, but that's never, ever the case.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@peachy13 I totally had engagement pictures on train tracks and am loling 😂 I didn’t share them until our one year anniversary though. The only ones I don’t care for are maternity shoots. I do like newborn photos but not the ones in studios where the babies are put in weird outfits and positions. Love the more casual ones of baby and parents.
I mean, I like them all because babies 😍 but prefer the more natural looking ones
UO - I'm not a fan of adults doing professional photo shoots. Maternity photos especially, but even parents+kids, frolicking in the field, engagement photos on the train tracks and by the barn, etc., are all so cringey to me. I think maybe it wouldn't be so bad if these pictures weren't blasted on FB each time they happened and instead were just tastefully framed at home, but that's never, ever the case.
Wait... you mean like, family photos? I love seeing people's professional family photos and we try to get professional or semi professional (ie, our camera with a self timer or a friend) photos done once a year. It's nice to have the record of our family growing and changing and if we didn't do it, we would pretty much never all be in a photo together.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe DD2: October 2016 DC3: coming May 2019
@DuchessOfCambridge loolll i think half the recently married population has photos on train tracks haha. I think newborn and kid portraits are nice, and casual/natural so much better. I think whenever I see the adults in them, it's people I know, and I'm always like I can't believe Sean agreed to wear that and do that, and it's just kind of funny.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@DuchessOfCambridge I’m laughing too. We did engagement pics in a field, and we’ve done newborn pictures (just at our house though) and family pictures too. 😂 I share them on Facebook for our family and friends we don’t see often to see. Plus, I think they’re pretty cute 💁🏼♀️
@peachy13 I never understood maternity photos either but I also hate being the center of attention. I'm not saying people who get them love attention, but they probably don't hate it. We did get engagement photos done (no train tracks) because after 10+ years of dating at that point, there were probably less than 50 pictures of us together - most taken while traveling - and DH is literally one of the least photogenic people I know. He's like Chandler in the Engagement Photo episode anytime we pose for pictures.
@sleepy33 since we were team green, so all of our clothes were also gender neutral and people did often confuse DD for a boy. When I was on maternity leave, I probably put her in a bow 2-3x a week if I went somewhere and felt up to it, but since then it's maybe once every 2 weeks. I think there are people who go way over the top and I don't like headbands on babies at all. These are the type we used
UO - I'm not a fan of adults doing professional photo shoots. Maternity photos especially, but even parents+kids, frolicking in the field, engagement photos on the train tracks and by the barn, etc., are all so cringey to me. I think maybe it wouldn't be so bad if these pictures weren't blasted on FB each time they happened and instead were just tastefully framed at home, but that's never, ever the case.
Wait... you mean like, family photos? I love seeing people's professional family photos and we try to get professional or semi professional (ie, our camera with a self timer or a friend) photos done once a year. It's nice to have the record of our family growing and changing and if we didn't do it, we would pretty much never all be in a photo together.
I like photos with just kids but I think it's awkward when the adults are in there too. Maybe that's just how I grew up? No one ever had their parents in the professional photos with them.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@msb615 we’re doing updated family photos at Thanksgiving, I’m so excited! I did share my favorites of our newborn photos on Facebook. I don’t remember why I didn’t share engagement photos when I got them. Sometimes I’m an AW 💁♀️
@DuchessOfCambridge That’s ok. You and me both 😉 We really need to get updated pictures done too. We haven’t had any taken since DS turned 1. He’s 2 now, and I feel like we should do pictures just the 3 of us one last time before baby #2 gets here. Mom guilt I guess. 🤦🏼♀️
My friend’s family had family portraits done soon after her mom was diagnosed with cancer, some of which were shared on FB and let me tell you, each one of those pictures gave me all the feels and even more now that she’s passed. I actually wish they had posted all of them, they’re really beautiful photos.
@zuuls_mom love it. I want to see everyone's train track photos! Don't forget the one where the couple is stretching out their arms to hold hands in front of an interesting structure lol.
(btw I know it's so hard to portray humor and sarcasm online but I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything. I know my UO is a true UO! if DH and me were more photogenic we'd probably be doing all these pictures haha)
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@sleepy33 YES!! I literally would not be in any pictures if it weren’t for having someone take family pictures. My husband doesn’t ever think to take pictures. Of course I have tons of him and DS though. 🙄
@peachy13 I'm just impressed that someone has come up with a UO that is actually a UO!
My mom used to drag us all to Sears once a year for a family portrait in their photo studio. We had the coordinated outfits and everything. She hung every single one of them on the wall, so we had this corner of family photos dating right back to their engagement picture. And every single one of them would have fit in really well on that awkward family photo tumblr.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe DD2: October 2016 DC3: coming May 2019
I think family photos can be nice if they feel natural and actually show the family as they really are. When they are overly posed, cutesy, or have people wearing clothes you know they would never actually wear, I find it kind of cringe. Don’t even get me started on the use of random props. Maternity shoots and engagement shoots seem to be two of the biggest offenders when it comes to over the top cutesy and posed.
Re: UO
Also, you're doing better than me. I've got nothing today and can't make my brain work to think of something.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
And I totally agree on the baby bows/headbands.
ETA- agree about the headbands. I love This Is Us.
My UO of the day is showing off ultrasound pictures. No one wants to see the inside of your uterus. Now we got a 4D ultrasound of DD at 32 weeks and that was pretty cool bc it looked like her, but even my MIL was appalled by it and she was obsessed by everything in my pregnancy. Also- yes I showed off my u/s pictures, so I’m guilty of it too.
Like @k2k2tog whether DD keeps them on (and hats, as well) is hit or miss. Usually more miss unless she forgets it there.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
@sleepy33 and everyone else (haha) I think bows and headbands on baby girls are precious if they’re proportional like @kvh22 said. If we have a girl, I’m she will never keep them on, but I’ll try my hardest! ETA since I didn’t see new posts: I don’t see it as “branding her a girl”. I just think they’re sweet.
BFP: 10.3.16 | CP: 10.11.16
BFP: 12.14.16 | CP: 12.14.16
BFP: 1.23.17 | EDD 10.6.17 -- DS born 10.7.17
BFP: 9.9.18 | EDD 5.23.19 -- DD born 5.24.19
BFP: 9.1.21 | MC 10.1.21
I think the little bows are sweet and not overbearing but I don’t like the huge bows and turban style headbands. I also don’t think it brands baby a girl any more than, say, wearing a dress.
I love This Is Us. I love all the characters and the acting is amazing. I actually don't get upset over the obvious sad tragic stuff, but instead can get hit in the feels whenever they're just talking about real life, relate-able stuff, which is mostly what the show is about. You just can't help but love the whole family and I think it's easy to find some connection with someone, and feel emotional on their behalf.
UO - I'm not a fan of adults doing professional photo shoots. Maternity photos especially, but even parents+kids, frolicking in the field, engagement photos on the train tracks and by the barn, etc., are all so cringey to me. I think maybe it wouldn't be so bad if these pictures weren't blasted on FB each time they happened and instead were just tastefully framed at home, but that's never, ever the case.
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
I mean, I like them all because babies 😍 but prefer the more natural looking ones
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
@sleepy33 since we were team green, so all of our clothes were also gender neutral and people did often confuse DD for a boy. When I was on maternity leave, I probably put her in a bow 2-3x a week if I went somewhere and felt up to it, but since then it's maybe once every 2 weeks. I think there are people who go way over the top and I don't like headbands on babies at all. These are the type we used
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
(btw I know it's so hard to portray humor and sarcasm online but I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything. I know my UO is a true UO! if DH and me were more photogenic we'd probably be doing all these pictures haha)
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
My mom used to drag us all to Sears once a year for a family portrait in their photo studio. We had the coordinated outfits and everything. She hung every single one of them on the wall, so we had this corner of family photos dating right back to their engagement picture. And every single one of them would have fit in really well on that awkward family photo tumblr.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019