August 2022 Moms

UO 1/27

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Re: UO 1/27

  • We have a camper. It's definitely glamping. I don't think I'd enjoy it as much if it was in a tent. Our camper is small but it works for us. I don't love not having cell service though. I feel guilty if I can't check in with my mom and she also watches our dog. We have been trying to fill out the state parks passport that pa has. We like the black moshanan state park alot. We like to go hiking but we also enjoy trying bakeries that are in neighboring towns. We like to do a little bit of everything. 
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  • @aukeev I feel like I could be one of those nuts🤣 I haven't had any kids yet but I'd sell my house and my left kidney for my dog! 
  • meagan822meagan822 member
    edited January 2022
    @paytonpedro It is sad when foods you like don’t like you! I run into that with lactose intolerance.😝

    @wigglyicecream I agree! I think baby girls look so cute with piercings and yes!! They can choose not to wear when older. My only fear is of one coming out somehow and it getting put in the mouth. 

    @coco2787 I’m with you! I want tik tok trends to be history! And I don’t like them all being uploaded as reels etc.. The only social media I use is Instagram, and I agree with @starkette that you can really control what you follow, which makes a huge difference in the user experience. I am super particular to follow uplifting/educational accounts and people I know personally, and try to avoid the explore page, because if I start, I know I will waste too much time!😅 On the bright side my explore is mostly baby videos and other cute/funny things that I save to look at with my husband, but I’m okay with reels and tik tok being less popular. I’m just nervous of what will replace it. 
  • @and_peggy I do understand that point of view from body autonomy. I won’t defend my position with trying to use vaccinations as I’ve seen some people do in the past. Since I am pro vaccination and believe it to be different since it has to do with health. I am interested in your opinion on circumcising little boys in respect to body autonomy.  I only have a girl so I didn’t have to go that route. 

    @meagan822 I agree they look so cute. In my experience my daughter has never bothered them at all. We have only have a few instances where her clothing knocked them out but never one where she tugged on them or got them out on her own. 
  • paytonpedropaytonpedro member
    edited January 2022
    @leahrnmom ok but is it a camper owning person thing to hunt out near by bakeries? Lol. We do the same thing! And actually have friends who also do that! Love that PA has a state park passport! I don’t think NY does. I’d be interested in any recommendations for NW PA if you have any? We do a NYS park that rides the boarder of PA, it actually has entrances from both states. It has really great hiking, two huge lakes that offer swimming and canoeing- no motorized boats!, and definitely holds a special place in my heart! If you’re close to NW PA you can access it from Bradford. 
    Cell service is shotty at best, but there are spots you can access it, and certain stores have free WiFi.
  • @paytonpedro oh the stories I have 😆 not stories for this platform.
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  • @paytonpedro too funny. I love bakeries! I am interested to hear of the NYS park. Bradford isn't too far from us. Jamestown/Linesville state park is nice. They have a beach with a playground, and a nice fishing areas. I liked it because the sites were large. We tend to drive a bit, cooks forest, black moshanan, bald eagle. They're not really NW PA though. Have you been to presque Isle?
  • @leahrnmom Allegany State Park is my recommendation! I also only recommend Quaker side, Redhouse campsites aren’t great. Along with the camp sites they also have rustic cabins, and now more built up glamping cabins that I refuse to stay in. Lol. We usually go for 1-2 weeks every summer. I forgot where you’re located? Is it Pittsburg or Erie? We haven’t been to presque isle park but we’ve been to the casino haha. I looked into it a few years ago, but we went upstate in NY instead. PA has a no alcohol in State Parks right? Are they super strict about it? We’re not heavy drinkers and camp with our kid’s, but I definitely enjoy a beer or glass of wine by the fire at night! Idk if were going to be taking our camper anywhere this summer lol
  • bridgiebee82bridgiebee82 member
    edited January 2022
    leahrnmom said:
    We have a camper. It's definitely glamping. I don't think I'd enjoy it as much if it was in a tent. Our camper is small but it works for us. I don't love not having cell service though. I feel guilty if I can't check in with my mom and she also watches our dog. We have been trying to fill out the state parks passport that pa has. We like the black moshanan state park alot. We like to go hiking but we also enjoy trying bakeries that are in neighboring towns. We like to do a little bit of everything. 
    Have you ever been to Leonard Harrison State Park, the Grand Canyon of PA? It is so beautiful! Potter/Tioga Counties. Wellsboro is a town nearby that looks like the set of a Hallmark movie. 

    ETA: spelling mistakes. Also, we honeymooners in Coudersport. It was fantastic. Cherry Springs State Park blew my mind with the amount of stars I could see. Where I live, it's like "oh look! The 5 stars are out." Lol
  • @wigglyicecream I think that’s a great description for a little girl and all I would have needed to know lol. With boys I just honestly don’t feel comfortable giving them that knowledge at this point. And they haven’t pushed the topic or asked anything else so it makes it easy to just leave it at that. 
  • @paytonpedro I agree. They don’t have the parts so I agree it’s probably a more abstract concept for them. And according to my belief too Jesus gave me all my babies too. 
  • @wigglyicecream exactly that! Probably easier for a girl with a vagina to understand than a boy with a penis lol. 

    @wisewitch222 yeah that’s pretty basically what we’re going with too! They were telling me for a while that they wanted a baby sister and I told them they would have to pray to Jesus. So when this baby came about, it was almost like an answered prayer all around! And it made it so much easier for them to understand without much more explanation. They basically just accepted that. 
  • we use correct anatomical terms with our daughter and one of my pet peeves is saying baby is in mamas "belly". Please say uterus! It's scary for kids to think baby's grow in the tummy where food is digested. Some kids even begin to think baby's come out of the belly button. Since my daughter was little and started asking about where baby's come from (maybe since she was 3) she knows daddy plants a seed in mommy's uterus and if we are lucky the seed finds the tiny egg and a baby will start growing. then when it's done growing and the baby is born either through the vagina (a hole different than the one where pee comes out from) or are born through surgery. We aren't religious and don't really add god or jesus into the conversation. After going through secondary infertility, it felt really hard for my religious parents to say things like "it'll happen on god's time" because we were doing everything right and it felt like if we did believe in god then he's not very fair or nice. Sorry if that's hurtful...I don't mean to offend or anything. It was a hard time.
  • At @starkette the part that makes me uncomfortable is how dad plants the seed. How do you explain that without explaining sex? Do you say the seed just comes out of his penis? I just can't. I have very inquisitive children who are very good on the follow up questions, and I know if I brought the male role into the equation I would end up explaining sex, and I really don't believe it's appropriate for boys under 10 (and girls maybe a little younger? But definitely not 3 and 6) to know about sex. 
  • @starkette I never gave much thought about the uterus aspect about pregnancy. I am guilty of saying baby is in my “belly or tummy”. So thank you for that perspective. 

    @wisewitch222 about the dad part and explaining how the seed got to my uterus and trying to explain sex as my DD is also very inquisitive and loves follow up questions in addition to the “why”.

    I guess religion gives us an easier out in explaining it, since we don’t have to venture down that road. I think once my daughter is a bit older I will try and explain things in more depth 
  • @starkette I'm 100% guilty of saying belly instead of uterous. We do use penis with DS, but I haven't used vulva/vagina at all. I just mentioned that girls have different parts. I'll be honest, I've been a bit hesitant on over complicating things because DS is speech delayed. I've been worried because he can't always express himself enough to ask the right questions to overcomplicate things. I really shouldn't because he is a very bright kid and reading this thread is making me realize we aren't doing my son any favors keeping him in the dark. I'm going to look into getting a book about where babies come from so he has all the facts.  
  • My 3 year olds getting an anatomically correct doll for her bday with a penis. She already has one with a vulva. Totally age appropriate 🤷‍♀️
  • @cas060 don’t think anyone was arguing that body anatomy wasn’t age appropriate. Personally, I was saying a conversation regarding sex was not appropriate with a 3 year old.
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  • @starkette I appreciate the further explanation. The first mention of it left me with some questions that I think you did a great job of explaining. 
  • wisewitch222wisewitch222 member
    edited January 2022
    @and_peggy Exactly. If my boys get a baby sister, they're definitely going to learn what girl anatomy looks like, but they don't have to know what sex is and how people do it. 

    ETA (didn't get to finish my thought because bath night) @starkette I don't think I can get away with, "that's all you can know for right now," with my relentlessly inquisitive and super smart kids. (Like the three year old who figured the baby must have gotten in through the vagina since that's where it will be coming out.) Better to let them think it's something that appears sui generis inside a uterus for now. 
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