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ShadeofGreen816 · October 2018

Not to contribute to any drama but for posterity’s sake I’ll say that my May ‘17 board was set up nearly identically to this one. I loved it, made some great relationships, and recently even went on a trip with several of the ladies. Hopefully I have a similar experience here as it seems that we have some great people around here. Hopefully you’re great too @JOcello and we get the chance to see it. Stick around for a bit and give it a shot. If not, no hurt feelings but I doubt you’ll see much change.

spacepiraterunner · October 2018

@bakerstreetboys I don't know about everyone else, but I'm loving MCM. Please keep it up!

mrsbaker89 · October 2018

If I have something I want to post, I’m going to post so I don’t pay attention to all the rules and I didn’t even bother reading it. Not a big deal to me.

Dcwtada · October 2018

Have fun with that @mrsbaker89

emeraldcity603 · October 2018

mrsbaker89 said:

If I have something I want to post, I’m going to post so I don’t pay attention to all the rules and I didn’t even bother reading it. Not a big deal to me.

Yes, we already knew you didn't read this post since you did an AW intro. 🤦‍♀️

mrsbaker89 · October 2018

***Removed for TOU Violation***

emeraldcity603 · October 2018

***Removed for TOU Violation***

luckystar28 · October 2018

emeraldcity603 · October 2018

I really need to learn to gif!

prpl11butterfly · October 2018

srscott3 · October 2018

*or* and this is a lot to ask, I know..just participate in a nice, non pot-stirring way?

meatballs37 · October 2018

Maybe we could move this conversation to the one-off post she commented on instead. I’d really hate to see our pinned post get shut down because of something so stupid.

meatballs37 · October 2018

Do we want to add BF Monday to our weekly threads?

shamrocandroll · October 2018

@meatballs Yes!

meatballs37 · October 2018

I can start it. It’s never too late 😂

mrsbaker89 · October 2018

@meatballs37 sounds good.

harrierwife · October 2018

I like the organization and the general tidiness it provides. And I like MCM and BF Monday. Just saying.

chikin_mama_3 · October 2018

So, uh..... just read through all of this, and while I couldn’t care less about the board “rules”, I’ll still try my best to go by them because it’s easier for most people to follow that structure. I will say though, as an objective outsider, this does come off kind of clique-y. I hope we are able to embrace all with kindness and respect, because everyone deserves that much. Just my opinion though.

Dcwtada · October 2018

Does anyone think it would be worthwhile to have a few separate posts, can obviously be spaced out, about planning for baby when it comes to:

working after baby
legal matters (wills, living wills, and custody),
financials (savings, daycare/college, budgeting)
insurance (medical, health, and life)
and just general planning (I am sure there are a bunch of topics I am not even thinking of)

Some of the hardest learned lessons I have heard from moms (myself included) was not being prepared or having resources on these matters. We could debate a bottle brand till we were blue in the face but lost on so many other important things.

jhems776 · October 2018

I'm all for people starting a post they think will be interesting for most of us. My vote is to feel free to post unless the post is JUST about yourself.

emeraldcity603 · October 2018

Starting threads that pertain to the entire board is an appropriate time to start a new thread. It's all the intro, symptom, etc posts that are frowned upon. It clutters the board and then we end up not having meaningful conversation as a group.

I think the main point in the way it is organized is for us to all be able to have meaningful conversations instead of talking to one person about her, I don't know....just throwing this one out there, painful bowel movements.

harrierwife · October 2018

Dcwtada said:

Does anyone think it would be worthwhile to have a few separate posts, can obviously be spaced out, about planning for baby when it comes to:

working after baby
legal matters (wills, living wills, and custody),
financials (savings, daycare/college, budgeting)
insurance (medical, health, and life)
and just general planning (I am sure there are a bunch of topics I am not even thinking of)

Some of the hardest learned lessons I have heard from moms (myself included) was not being prepared or having resources on these matters. We could debate a bottle brand till we were blue in the face but lost on so many other important things.

YES!

I've been meaning to start threads asking some of these questions, but didn't because, well - I dunno.

The Legal Matters and Financials interest me the most. MH and I are a little lost on what's best-practice concerning wills, and the Financials....we're a little worried we're going to forget something!

elliecele17 · November 2018

My only recommendation is that the people disclose their location b/c jurisdiction counts with financial/legal matters.

ki1244 · November 2018

Would it be appropriate (and/or would anyone want?) to add to Meal Plan Monday and have Mocktail Monday? We seem to have something similar going in a few places with a ton of great suggestions, but I'm finding I can't remember which thread had which drinks I wanted to try...for the sake of organization, I'm wondering if a single thread (weekly, or ongoing for that matter) would be something anyone else would be interested in?

noodles22 · November 2018

antera23 · November 2018

@ki1244 I would LOVE to participate in any threads related to meals and meal planning. But I won’t be able to participate until I feel better. Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve cooked a full on dinner.... zero times lol. Maybe the second trimester would be a great time to start those threads?

@Dcwtada I love your ideas!!

chachacharrrmin · November 2018

I 100% agree on waiting until second trimester for meal planning. I have zero planning at this point.

ShadeofGreen816 · November 2018

My vote would be feel free to start any thread you think is beneficial to a large portion/majority of the group.

tuxielove93 · November 2018

^wss. It worked really well in past groups I’ve been in to just go ahead and start any group wide discussions you were interested in. Anything that wasn’t popular just fell to the bottom of the board

amaren-2 · November 2018

This could be a completely UO. But, can we not have so many of the same questions in the check ins? But more of a general chat? I think the group 1,2,3,4 ones should have more of the structured questions, but I feel like the FTM, STM, etc should just be a general chat or maybe one or two gtky questions. I fell like questions related to how far along I am in my current pregnancy, and rant/raves has no real relevence in that thread.

chachacharrrmin · December 2018

Bump... just to get this a little closer to the top? 🤷‍♀️

holyboobsbatman · January 2019

Are there any threads on workout/exercise routines? I'd love to see what other moms are doing.

nmbrcrnchr1 · January 2019

@holyboobsbatman there used to be a Fit Mom thread. I haven’t seen one in awhile but feel free to start one

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