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k2k2tog · October 2018

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(Not always flame free.)

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eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

I am afraid of baby monitors. 🙈

wishiwaspreggo · October 2018

I used to be a kid-hater. Like, legit kid-hater. I thought they were loud, gross, obnoxious, and got in the way. I grew up in a Catholic family so whenever I went to reunions as a teenager someone would hand me a squirming baby or toddler because "You have to practice since you'll be a mom soon!" That turned me off motherhood even more. Whenever my friends started popping out kids in our early 20's they'd "let" me hold the baby and I was that person who would kind of hold it at a distance and have NO idea what to do with it. I was more of a cat girl.

I dunno what happened but something clicked and I wanted a baby really badly in my early 30's. I had one and I love being a mom. What they say about it being different with your own kids is very, very true. I still don't like other people's kids that much

But I love mine to death. That's why I cringe when someone in their late teens or early 20's wants to get sterilized. I'm always thinking "Are you sure you really want to do that?" But then the feminist in me is like "She can do whatever she wants with her body." But at the same time... man, that is a hell of a thing to regret when you get older.

keighty80 · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds like the wi-fi ones? Or just all of them?
I'm kinda freaked out by the wi-fi ones because a friend of mine had hers get hacked or whatever and the creepo was talking to her baby over the monitor.

keighty80 · October 2018

I was planning on waiting until 12+ weeks to announce, but I'll be 11 weeks on Halloween and I just can't pass up the opportunity to announce with my son dressed up in his Halloween costume holding this sign. My PGAL brain is nervous but I think I'm just gonna go for it.

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ETA picture because my phone didn’t do it right the first time.

eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

@keighty80 all. I'm afraid of seeing or hearing something that's not supposed to be there. But I sincerely believe that something's been haunting us since my son was born. Never experienced anything strange before him. But I had his monitor on when he was a baby, in his room asleep and it started getting static and I swear I was hearing this high pitch sing songy voice and then banging. I went upstairs and he was fast asleep and there was nothing in that room. It was a super cheap audio one, maybe it crossed channels but it freaked me the fuck out.

keighty80 · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds YIKES! That would freak me the eff out too! How creepy!

bluesky24 · October 2018

@keighty80 omg omg omg that Hocus Pocus sign is EVERYTHING! I love it. I am so for this announcement, you have no idea. I guess it's Hocus Pocus' 25th anniversary this year (!) so it's been playing constantly on Freeform. I've already watched it 3 or 4 times, lost track!

My DH's father, stepmom and stepsis are visiting this weekend. I know they don't really eat breakfast, but I pretended like I forgot so I could stop at our local bakery and get all sorts of turnovers, biscuits and muffins. And I've slowly been eating the majority of them all morning.

megsb615 · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds Thats scary AF! The Wifi ones creep me out bc of hacker stories, but thank goodness we’ve never had anything weird on our video monitor.

@wishiwaspreggo I always said I didn’t want kids when I was little too. I was an only child and never really around babies, so when we were in a restaurant or grocery store and one was screaming, it made me cringe. I obviously love my kid to death, and my friends’ kids too, but screaming babies still make me cringe a little.

FFFC: We let DS play in the shower for a few extra minutes this morning so we could have a quickie. Let’s be honest, I’m either too tired and/or not interested at night. Maybe that make us 💩 parents 🤷🏼‍♀️

keighty80 · October 2018

@bluesky24 I know, right? It's just too perfect to pass up! Hopefully all will be well and I'll have worried for nothing but I just LOVE Hocus Pocus/Halloween.

k2k2tog · October 2018

We actually hardly ever used a baby monitor with DD2. We live in a big house, but I sleep really lightly, especially when they're wee, so I always wake up when they cry. We also don’t have a proper baby gate at the top of our stairs, which, for a while, contributed to my really light sleeping. In fact, we do very little to baby proof our house.

chloe97 · October 2018

k2k2tog said:

We actually hardly ever used a baby monitor with DD2. We live in a big house, but I sleep really lightly, especially when they're wee, so I always wake up when they cry. We also don’t have a proper baby gate at the top of our stairs, which, for a while, contributed to my really light sleeping. In fact, we do very little to baby proof our house.

Our baby monitor broke when DD was 7 months old and we never replaced it. She’s 15 months and we have yet to baby proof anything besides the outlet covers. We don’t have stairs to worry about so that helps, but we just watch her closely. If she started to open things she shouldn’t, we pull her away from it. We did bolt our TV to the wall though since it’s massive

eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

I'm seriously considering a video monitor this time because DS painted with his poop every day during nap or in the mornings if he woke before us and I just can't go through that again. It was months. But I'll be terrified to have it on at night.

megsb615 · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds I’d die! That’s terrible! Haha FWIW, I’ve loved our infant optics video monitor (not WiFi capable). We’ve had no creepy sounds on it in the past 2 years!

wishiwaspreggo · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds - Does your husband know about your fear of the monitor? I know many, many men who would capitalize on that and play pranks on their wives with it so be careful! I know my father would if they had that technology in the 80's and it freaked my mom out

k2k2tog · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds grooooosssss. I have been so fortunate to have babies that don't take off their diapers randomly.

eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

@wishiwaspreggo you know, he might. I don't remember actually talking to him about it. I don't know if he would do that.

lovelybabybumpz · October 2018

Our baby monitor broke and we went without it for a while until one day when we retrieved DD from her nap and she had smeared poop EVERYWHERE. It was so gross.

k2k2tog · October 2018

I started the labour hopes and fears thread just so that labour would be spelt right.

lovelybabybumpz · October 2018

@k2k2tog I won't post on the thread, just because labor is spelled wrong.

kidding.

troystory17 · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds I don't blame you! a friend of mine posted a picture on fb of her video monitor and someone standing in front of her son's crib that wasn't anyone in her family. They had just moved into that house too. She never said anything else about it so I don't know if it ended up being a prank, but that's still scary af.

I still haven't gotten my kids halloween costumes. I'm procrastinating because I don't like my sons pick and am really hoping I cant find it in time

peachy13 · October 2018

@k2k2tog are you from the UK? We spell it labor in the U.S.

@keighty80 I loveeee that sign! If we have a girl, her name is going to be Winnie haha. I'm also pretty comfortable sharing my news with more people even though I'm 11 weeks today.

I got my genetic testing done yesterday and they gave me a link to a site where I can check my results. The nurse told me they'd call as soon as they find out, but sometimes they aren't that fast to get back to me with stuff, so you better believe I am going to be stalking the crap out of this website for the next 5-7 business days.

k2k2tog · October 2018

@peachy13 no, Canada! We stayed true to the language up here above the 49th parallel, so clearly ‘labor’ is wrong.

(Just in case it’s not clear because this is the internet, I’m totally kidding.)

peachy13 · October 2018

Another one... I have no idea what the difference is between a midwife and a doula, and I also don't really know what they do.

keighty80 · October 2018

@peachy13 girl, same! I've always been and always will be high risk so I've never looked into a midwife/doula because I probably will never be able to use one.

chloe97 · October 2018

A doula is not health care provider, but a birth coach of sorts that aids the process of labor and sometimes helps with the baby at home. A midwife is typically a nurse with an advanced degree that can deliver babies and provide OB care. Anyone can have a doula, no matter what type of birth you are planning to have.

SpaceBurger · October 2018

Yea I think a midwife has a lot more schooling and credentials

DuchessOfCambridge · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds agree with @megsb615, we love our infant optics monitor and haven’t experienced anything creepy - got it specifically to avoid creepy hackers. We have to use a monitor because even though we have a one floor apartment, our bedrooms are on opposite ends and I wouldn’t be able to hear DS. We have to keep doors closed because of our cat. He’s too obsessed with cuddling me when I’m pregnant.

zuuls_mom · October 2018

I purposefully avoid the Fit Friday thread so I don't feel guilty about being a sloth.

eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

@zuuls_mom same

fatmonica · October 2018

Me too. I just had to go to the basement to get some meat from the freezer and I'm still trying to catch my breath.

megsb615 · October 2018

@zuuls_mom @eatinwatermelonseeds @fatmonica Same. I used my lunch break today to buy way too much Halloween candy for the 5-10 trick or treaters we MAY have because I really just want it all for myself. 💁🏼‍♀️

eatinwatermelonseeds · October 2018

@fatmonica I power walked to my car because I forgot something before my ob appointment and then spent the first half breathing like I was dying.

elliebo · October 2018

@eatinwatermelonseeds I’m freaked out now about monitors after reading these stories! I’m totally scared I’ll see a ghost.
I bought myself a dozen cider doughnuts and I don’t plan on sharing. I’m glad I’m not the only lazy slug in this group 😂

pumpkin_belly · October 2018

k2k2tog said:

I started the labour hopes and fears thread just so that labour would be spelt right.

I find that hilarious! I’m American and my husband is Canadian and he’s always giving me a hard time about American English. So when I’m singing the abc’s to my daughter I end with “some countries say zed instead.” But I doubt he appreciates my effort very much. He probably wishes I’d just sing zed, but we do live in the US...

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