I see stuff like BLW and cloth diapering (and a million other baby decisions) as choices that people make for their family. I don't care what people do, as long as you aren't endangering your kid.
So, no need to hide from me. Unless you are going to preach to me about infant choking (like my mom).
Ha, we cloth diaper at home and they work great for our family. I try not to say much about it unless someone asks. I don't have anything wrong with blw, I just can't picture it being less work for our family.
There was an on point buzzfeed list on this, I'll attach if I find the link. It was about things parents judge each other about. Written out in black and white it's just so clear that all these decisions are just details- why fight over them? Especially when the choice for our own kid doesn't affect any other kid.
I'm off of work this summer since I'm at a school but I'm still keeping LO in daycare 2 days a week....
I want to keep constancy for him but also am really excited to have 2 days to do things around the house and shower for more than 3 minutes.
This is what we are doing as well (DH is a teacher) for a few reasons. For one, we'd lose our spot. Two, DS (3) loves school and would probably die without that social interaction.
But the biggest thing for me is making sure they are still familiar and comfortable with their teacher, especially for babies (DS is old enough now that he would remember his teachers just fine). Separation anxiety usually starts around the same age that DD will be when she would back to DC in the fall and trust me, it sucks enough when they know the person you're leaving them with, much less someone they don't remember. I don't want to make it any worse than it has to be.
I'm off of work this summer since I'm at a school but I'm still keeping LO in daycare 2 days a week....
I want to keep constancy for him but also am really excited to have 2 days to do things around the house and shower for more than 3 minutes.
This is what we are doing as well (DH is a teacher) for a few reasons. For one, we'd lose our spot. Two, DS (3) loves school and would probably die without that social interaction.
But the biggest thing for me is making sure they are still familiar and comfortable with their teacher, especially for babies (DS is old enough now that he would remember his teachers just fine). Separation anxiety usually starts around the same age that DD will be when she would back to DC in the fall and trust me, it sucks enough when they know the person you're leaving them with, much less someone they don't remember. I don't want to make it any worse than it has to be.
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Oh this gives me a little less mom guilt! He loves his teacher too so it's a win win.
There was an on point buzzfeed list on this, I'll attach if I find the link. It was about things parents judge each other about. Written out in black and white it's just so clear that all these decisions are just details- why fight over them? Especially when the choice for our own kid doesn't affect any other kid.
It doesn't affect any other kid except for vaccinations. *Ducks, then runs and hides
There was an on point buzzfeed list on this, I'll attach if I find the link. It was about things parents judge each other about. Written out in black and white it's just so clear that all these decisions are just details- why fight over them? Especially when the choice for our own kid doesn't affect any other kid.
It doesn't affect any other kid except for vaccinations. *Ducks, then runs and hides
For the most part I don't see anything wrong with "free-range parenting"
I had to google that - I like the idea and will check out her book, but idk that I could actually let DS loose in a big city at 9. A friend of ours lives in a neighborhood where kids still play with neighborhood kids and ride their bikes through the neighborhood. The mom all know which kid belongs where and keep an eye out for each other. It's very nice.
For the most part I don't see anything wrong with "free-range parenting"
I had to google that - I like the idea and will check out her book, but idk that I could actually let DS loose in a big city at 9. A friend of ours lives in a neighborhood where kids still play with neighborhood kids and ride their bikes through the neighborhood. The mom all know which kid belongs where and keep an eye out for each other. It's very nice.
Yeah I don't know about the big city thing either. But, I would let my kids walk a mile to the park together if we lived close enough. I just can't believe people get arrested for that. Which makes me think about how I got yelled at by some idiot a few weeks back for leaving my 15 year old nephew in the car with the napping baby while I ran into Walmart to pick up a prescription. He's fifteen he could drive the car if he wanted too, he's not going to let him or the baby overheat or get kidnapped. Fack, people need to stay out of each others business.
Yeah I don't know about the big city thing either. But, I would let my kids walk a mile to the park together if we lived close enough. I just can't believe people get arrested for that. Which makes me think about how I got yelled at by some idiot a few weeks back for leaving my 15 year old nephew in the car with the napping baby while I ran into Walmart to pick up a prescription. He's fifteen he could drive the car if he wanted too, he's not going to let him or the baby overheat or get kidnapped. Fack, people need to stay out of each others business.
You seem to be a target for people to yell at you about your children.
It's my damn town. But luckily it's only happened twice. To me. I had a friend whose toddler was pulling stuff off the shelf at Walmart and she was making him pick it back up and a Walmart associate told her it was fine and she shouldn't discipline him... Why why why.
You seem to be a target for people to yell at you about your children.
It's my damn town. But luckily it's only happened twice. To me. I had a friend whose toddler was pulling stuff off the shelf at Walmart and she was making him pick it back up and a Walmart associate told her it was fine and she shouldn't discipline him... Why why why.
Maybe Walmart is the problem? I fail to see the issue with letting a 15 year old watch a baby for a few minutes. I didnt realize teenage babysitters and making children behave in public was so radical.
It's my damn town. But luckily it's only happened twice. To me. I had a friend whose toddler was pulling stuff off the shelf at Walmart and she was making him pick it back up and a Walmart associate told her it was fine and she shouldn't discipline him... Why why why.
Maybe Walmart is the problem? I fail to see the issue with letting a 15 year old watch a baby for a few minutes. I didnt realize teenage babysitters and making children behave in public was so radical.
Ha maybe ! If only we had a target ! I will say my nephew is small for his age.. But the youngest he looks is maybe 13 and the guy didn't really yell at me more of a lecture "you know it would only take 20 seconds for someone to take those kids... You should wait to come to the store when you have a babysitter blah blah blah"
Maybe Walmart is the problem? I fail to see the issue with letting a 15 year old watch a baby for a few minutes. I didnt realize teenage babysitters and making children behave in public was so radical.
Ha maybe ! If only we had a target ! I will say my nephew is small for his age.. But the youngest he looks is maybe 13 and the guy didn't really yell at me more of a lecture "you know it would only take 20 seconds for someone to take those kids... You should wait to come to the store when you have a babysitter blah blah blah"
how rude!
That reminds me that DH and I saw what must have been a very young looking 16 year old driving a Jeep last night and we looked at each other and were both like "how is that 9 year old driving". I guess you know you are getting older when teenagers start looking really young.
My boys at 14 and 15 watch LO all the time while I run errands. My eldest carries Thomas around at Target too. My boys also take off on their bikes all day. They'll check in by texting me but we live in a smaller town and I know where to find them if I had too. I don't worry.
This is based on a conversation with my sister over the weekend (who is a self-proclaimed baby wearing expert). I don't care if LO isn't in an exactly ergonomically correct position every second I'm wearing him. I do my best, but I seriously doubt I'm going to eff up his hips by wearing him in the Moby for half an hour here and there.
I now use my Ktan and the ergo interchangeably; however I have noticed that he likes the Ktan better. Even though the Ergo is supposed to be so great it digs into his thighs. Guess what I'm saying is I'm not the happiest with my Ergo and I know that's probably unpopular here.
My boys at 14 and 15 watch LO all the time while I run errands. My eldest carries Thomas around at Target too. My boys also take off on their bikes all day. They'll check in by texting me but we live in a smaller town and I know where to find them if I had too. I don't worry.
I think I started baby sitting when I was 13 maybe 14. I don't quite trust my nephew enough to watch Lo at home just because he doesn't pay very good attention and gets sucked in to the TV. I would leave him with my niece in a heartbeat though.
Yeah, I don't let the boys play video games while they watch LO for that exact reason. I've come home after grocery shopping to find both boys on the playmat swatting toys with LO. Its kinda funny. But yeah..boys get sucked into TV and video games pretty quickly.
A friend included me in a children's book exchange and said that all of her other friends were thrilled to participate- perhaps my UO is that I hate it when people guilt you into buying crap they're selling, doing these chain letter things, etc. At least this one has the potential for a cool outcome, but I don't have any IRL Mom friends, so... I'm a little irritated. (If anyone here wants to participate let me know! haha) DH's cousin sends me daily chats asking me to buy her Norwex stuff- which his sister-in-law guilted me into buying a year ago. You only need so much...
A friend included me in a children's book exchange and said that all of her other friends were thrilled to participate- perhaps my UO is that I hate it when people guilt you into buying crap they're selling, doing these chain letter things, etc. At least this one has the potential for a cool outcome, but I don't have any IRL Mom friends, so... I'm a little irritated. (If anyone here wants to participate let me know! haha) DH's cousin sends me daily chats asking me to buy her Norwex stuff- which his sister-in-law guilted me into buying a year ago. You only need so much...
Completely agree with you. I sent a pic of the letter to a few of my friends since I thought it was so rudely worded if you didn't want to participate. I thought it was just me!
A friend included me in a children's book exchange and said that all of her other friends were thrilled to participate- perhaps my UO is that I hate it when people guilt you into buying crap they're selling, doing these chain letter things, etc. At least this one has the potential for a cool outcome, but I don't have any IRL Mom friends, so... I'm a little irritated. (If anyone here wants to participate let me know! haha) DH's cousin sends me daily chats asking me to buy her Norwex stuff- which his sister-in-law guilted me into buying a year ago. You only need so much...
Completely agree with you. I sent a pic of the letter to a few of my friends since I thought it was so rudely worded if you didn't want to participate. I thought it was just me!
Agreed! I asked on Facebook if anyone wanted to do it, 2 people said yes so I sent the original friend a text and told her that was as good as she was going to get. If people want to do it cool, I just hate this kind of thing!!
I am done seeing people's Facebook pictures of their jamberry nails. Especially when they take a picture of their hand palm up with their fingers curled in. It looks like claws people. Fancy claws.
Haha. Reminds me of that Friends episode where Phoebe teaches Joey how to play the guitar by showing him what his hand should look like for each of the chords
A friend included me in a children's book exchange and said that all of her other friends were thrilled to participate- perhaps my UO is that I hate it when people guilt you into buying crap they're selling, doing these chain letter things, etc. At least this one has the potential for a cool outcome, but I don't have any IRL Mom friends, so... I'm a little irritated. (If anyone here wants to participate let me know! haha) DH's cousin sends me daily chats asking me to buy her Norwex stuff- which his sister-in-law guilted me into buying a year ago. You only need so much...
Completely agree with you. I sent a pic of the letter to a few of my friends since I thought it was so rudely worded if you didn't want to participate. I thought it was just me!
Just got invited to do this today by a coworker who just found out she's pregnant with her first child. Tbh the first thought I had was "Does she really already know what to fill in as the child's name?" Second thing I noticed was how rude it sounded and how it made me not want to do it.
mgk207 oh I enjoy it. DH says I become ragey on caffeine. I use to drink huge cups of coffee a day. Pretty sure it wasn't that that was doing it and work/life that was lol. I miss drinking but I'm a mixed drink girl, that with low tolerance and being tired doesn't mix well these days I'm guessing. Give it a few more months and I'll be joining you guys.
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