I also really don't get the adults that go without kids.
They are me. I'm seriously baffled that the allure is not obvious. I love going to Disney, immersing myself in the whimsy.
I am not alone in this in my social circle, but clearly I am here!
You aren't alone! We love Disney. We are going in February when the baby will be about seven months. We figure it is a good place to go for our first trip with him because we know what we are doing there. We also only go to the parks for a few hours in the morning, go back to the pool, then back for dinner. We don't stay for fireworks or the late shows. It's just a place that makes DH and me feel very nostalgic.
Students run a branch of my credit union here at school. I had a check I needed to cash but chose to wait until my planning period to go to the actual branch because it's free hot dog day there! So after I ate my lunch I then went across the street for a hot dog and some cookies.
Confession; a part of me just wants to have this baby so I can stop trying to think of lame activities for DD to do that aren't too hard for me (in terms of energy, cleanup, tantrum potential etc)
Essentially, I want the baby so I don't have to make plans and entertain my other kid. MOTY.
Not even just for short term entertainment, but for the long term I want a second kid so that I have to do less work entertaining them both. I see the way DS plays with his cousins and I want that in my life everyday!
I'm indifferent to babies. I don't think they are particularly cute, I don't dislike them either... They just are. I was out with a friend yesterday and there was a newborn in the cafe and she was talking about how cute his little hands were and all that. I was more just "eh". I feel confident I'll love my own baby and think he is cute. Maybe having my own will help me figure out what other people are talking about. Animals, on the other hand, I can watch cute puppy videos all day long. And I teach teenagers and I love them. Teens are so entertaining and they make me laugh every day. Little kids just aren't my thing!
I'm indifferent to babies. I don't think they are particularly cute, I don't dislike them either... They just are. I was out with a friend yesterday and there was a newborn in the cafe and she was talking about how cute his little hands were and all that. I was more just "eh". I feel confident I'll love my own baby and think he is cute. Maybe having my own will help me figure out what other people are talking about. Animals, on the other hand, I can watch cute puppy videos all day long. And I teach teenagers and I love them. Teens are so entertaining and they make me laugh every day. Little kids just aren't my thing!
Dude, vivela, as much as I adore everyone's babies on here - I have never looked at another baby/child IRL and thought "awww, how cute!" or "How sweet!" or any of it. I think my kid is the cutest thing ever - precious, perfect, adorable... but even kids her own age and her friends (even my sister's kid)... nopers.
Post by packerfan4life on May 27, 2016 14:35:48 GMT -5
I feel kind of bad for this baby. DD is the most gorgeous, fun, outgoing toddler (adopted). This kid is bound to be a nerdy, shy, white kid with glasses.
I'm indifferent to babies. I don't think they are particularly cute, I don't dislike them either... They just are. I was out with a friend yesterday and there was a newborn in the cafe and she was talking about how cute his little hands were and all that. I was more just "eh". I feel confident I'll love my own baby and think he is cute. Maybe having my own will help me figure out what other people are talking about. Animals, on the other hand, I can watch cute puppy videos all day long. And I teach teenagers and I love them. Teens are so entertaining and they make me laugh every day. Little kids just aren't my thing!
I always say nothing is cuter than a puppy. Some babies are cute but not all. Every single puppy I've ever seen is cute!
Sometimes when DH and I are looking back at pictures of DS when he was a baby we comment on how he wasn't really that cute, but we totally thought he was in the moment. It makes me wonder if he really is the cutest toddler in the world right now like I think he is?!
I'm worried that I won't think that this new baby is as cute as my DD. I know I'm bias but I think she's the cutest thing ever and I'm worried this one won't compare. I was really hoping for a boy so that I didn't have this issue!
Post by Flair Underwood on May 27, 2016 14:56:36 GMT -5
I have this odd feeling about having a son: My DH is tall (6'5") and DD totally takes after him... super tall, long. She's gonna be 5'10" someday, I swear. I - um - am not tall. 5'4" on a TALL day, so I feel so sure that my son will take after me. Short, petite, tiny... poor kid.
I was getting my GBS swab and a cervical check today. So I'm trying to gracefully scoot down the table far enough and I came THIS CLOSE to farting in my OBs face. If it had actually happened, I probably would have retreated into the woods to give birth alone among the squirrels rather than ever face her again.
I have this odd feeling about having a son: My DH is tall (6'5") and DD totally takes after him... super tall, long. She's gonna be 5'10" someday, I swear. I - um - am not tall. 5'4" on a TALL day, so I feel so sure that my son will take after me. Short, petite, tiny... poor kid.
Haha, my grandmother was 4'10". She only ever dated tall men because she said she didn't want short children. She married my grandfather who was 6'2" and they had two children: my aunt, who is 5'11", and my father, who is 5'3"... The genes never segregate the way you'd hope!
Also - I don't see the real allure of disney or understand why people spend money to take teeny tiny kids there. I know a girl who took her 20 month old and 12-week old to Disney... honestly, why? I know another girl who was planning her 5-year-old daughter's 10th trip to disney.
We took DS to Disneyland the first time a month before he turned 3. Everything is free for kids before age 3 and he totally remembers everything from that trip and was talking about it the entire year before we went back (a month before he was 4). We all had a blast and I think it will be an annual trip for us. It's also driving distance or a 1 hour flight for us, so relatively easy. DH grew up with annual passes and living in OC so many of his friends have worked there and he knows the parks super well, so it's better going with him.
I don't understand people who only ever do Disney trips. For the same price, you can visit so many different places, I don't see why people are scared to branch out.
Post by lakecountrygal on May 28, 2016 3:42:01 GMT -5
1. DH and I stayed at a wedding reception with our 1 week old for longer than we had originally planned because my sister decided to invite herself to stay at my already full house. My mom guilted her into going to a hotel and they had gone back to the hotel 2 minutes before we got home and I don't care. I don't appreciate uninvited guests right now.
2. My BMB on Facebook is kinda driving me nuts and I might leave it. It's for June2016 moms and about 45% of the moms are having membrane sweeps and trying to naturally induce early. Yes I'm a "lucky one" who's no longer pregnant, but I would have much rather preferred that she had waited until 40 weeks to be born. You should wait until your babe is fully baked for any method (unless medically necessary) of induction.
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