**Unpopular Opinions**

[melohdy]

Let's do this!

[melohdy]

Considering how well the vaccination/immunization conversation went over here; I am surprised we have not discussed circumcision. Or infant ear piercing.

[melohdy]

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

[kaeguri]

Jul 16, 2015 11:25:17 GMT -5 melohdy said:

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

+1. It's her choice, not mine, to make. I got mine pierced at 9 years old. If DD wants hers done later, she can, at an age when she can properly clean it and take care of it.

Man i had SUCH a good UO for today and I totally forgot it. Grrraarr! Going to go make french toast instead.

[girlonabike]

Waffles aren't that great.

[boox191]

Team Green, so I have opinions on both. . .

We will be circumsizing, we will not be piercing. And vaccinations will be given. I will allow my child to hang out with unvaccinated children, and I will not be asking anyone around the baby often to please get your whooping cough vaccine. This is all contingent on the health of the baby though.

ETA - I only can stand pancakes when I eat them off of SD's plate. 

[econmarie]

Jul 16, 2015 11:25:17 GMT -5 melohdy said:

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

+1 Unless medically necessary, my children are in charge of modifying their own bodies and dealing with the costs/benefits. 

[queenb]

Jul 16, 2015 11:40:10 GMT -5 girlonabike said:

Waffles aren't that great.

I love waffles but hate pancakes...

[direy25]

Noooo! I love waffles. I could do without pancakes. They get too mushy. And I can't get on board with dipping sausage/bacon in maple syrup. I keep my savory & sweet separate.

[melohdy]

Waffles = syrup
Pancakes = granulated sugar

[funhaven]

It bugs me when people say their kid is 36 months old.

[fogleer]

Jul 16, 2015 11:25:17 GMT -5 melohdy said:

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

DD1 just got her ears pierced last week as a belated birthday gift/fun day out with my mom. She was so excited and I feel like it was a "big girl" rite of passage for her. I wouldn't have wanted her to not remember it as an event. I don't have anything major against infant piercing, my reaction is more along the lines of a confused "Really? That was a priority with a 3 month old?"

ETA: DD1 is 4

[fogleer]

Jul 16, 2015 12:04:25 GMT -5 funhaven said:

It bugs me when people say their kid is 36 months old.

I have a lot of new parents on my Facebook feed. It bugs me when they declare their kid is 1, 2, or 3 months old at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks. After a while the weeks are pretty far off from the actual month marker.

[ampaints]

Jul 16, 2015 11:25:17 GMT -5 melohdy said:

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

+1

I hate the smell of patchouli. H and I are friends with a bunch of hippies that think it's the best. I would rather you fragrance yourself with dog farts than patchouli.

[kaeguri]

I don't really care for waffles or pancakes, but apparently drinking straight up maple syrup is frowned upon, soooo... I'll take them.

Waffles are like pancakes. With syrup traps!

[elizabethnevadap]

We are circumcising, vaccinating, bottle feeding and disposable diapering.
I always thought we would take a more natural approach to parenting, we have some hippie in us, but I guess not!
But we never judge anyone on any of their parenting choices, I think all the debating and parent shaming is insane. Mind your own damned business.

[abvintage]

I have a love affair with all breakfast foods. All of them.

We will not be circ even though DH is. We will have to learn about how to teach him proper hygiene and maintenance down there because we have no idea.

Can't think of a UO yet.

[lawndog1216]

With the passion of a thousand burning suns I can not stand reality TV of any type.

[funhaven]

I will also be piercing my baby girl's ears. Like @poppykisses said it is a cultural thing for me as well.


If others do or don't want to circumsize/pierce ears, that is their decision, I really don't care if you do or don't.

[joi922]

Jul 16, 2015 11:42:21 GMT -5 econmarie said:

Jul 16, 2015 11:25:17 GMT -5 melohdy said:

We will not be circumcising. Or piercing our baby's ears.

+1 Unless medically necessary, my children are in charge of modifying their own bodies and dealing with the costs/benefits. 

+1. DS isn't circed. And I don't plan on piercing DD's ears until she asks and can keep them clean.

I'm trying to think of a good UO, but all I have is: I think sandwiches are better without condiments. I really hate mushy bread.

[hiimjamie]

Pancakes, waffles, french toast. All of it get in my mouth.

We will be circumcising, we'll be bottle feeding once I go back to work bc how the hell else am I supposed to feed him? For some reason some Mom friends have a hard time understanding this. Why do I need bottles when I'm breast feeding? Um bc I need to work.....?? We also will be using disposal diapers and vaccinating.

[econmarie]

Jul 16, 2015 12:52:43 GMT -5 joi922 said:

Jul 16, 2015 11:42:21 GMT -5 econmarie said:

+1 Unless medically necessary, my children are in charge of modifying their own bodies and dealing with the costs/benefits. 

+1. DS isn't circed. And I don't plan on piercing DD's ears until she asks and can keep them clean.

I'm trying to think of a good UO, but all I have is: I think sandwiches are better without condiments. I really hate mushy bread.

"Liking" the +1...but mayo and mustard and pesto and all condiments are my BFF. More condiments for me!!

[carabassa]

I can only assume that those who strongly dislike pancakes and/or waffles have only experienced the crappy versions at crappy diners with crappy fake syrup.

Come to my house and I'll make you the most delicious varieties - Swedish pancakes with lingonberry jam, oatmeal pancakes with chocolate chips, cottage cheese pancakes with real maple syrup. So many options! So delicious in their own ways! Waffles can be in the form of pumpkin waffles, rice waffles, raspberry waffles...I will convert you.

[DSHM13]

Love waffles and pancakes...loathe maple syrup or anything maple-flavored.

[funhaven]

carabassa, those all sound delicious, I LOVE waffles but do not like pancakes. Most pancakes I've tried are just so dry and thick and you have to put lots of syrup on it to taste anything, I dunno I just don't like. But I remember years ago I went to a cafe in Lake Placid and I had the best pancakes I've ever had there. I would go back soley for the pancakes.

[elizabethnevadap]

I love sweet breakfast foods but they always drive my blood sugar way up and I end up feeling like crap.
So I always get omelettes, eggs Benedict... Savory stuff.
But I drool over them on the menu.

[carabassa]

funhaven Exactly - and those dry thick "pancakes" are just empty tasteless vehicles for syrup (as kaeguri notes). But a yogurt-based, or cottage cheese-based pancake is delicious and moist, not dry or cakey at all. The oatmeal pancake recipe is in the Joy of Cooking book, if you have that. Just add chocolate chips.

I'm glad we can all talk about these important topics. It feels good.

[Deleted]

We will be circumcising.

I love waffles drenched in syrup. I hate pancakes.

My UO - Big Brother - what's that? (sarcasm my friends). I have never ever watched an episode of that or Survivor and don't plan on it.

[abvintage]

Jul 16, 2015 12:54:10 GMT -5 carabassa said:

I can only assume that those who strongly dislike pancakes and/or waffles have only experienced the crappy versions at crappy diners with crappy fake syrup.

Come to my house and I'll make you the most delicious varieties - Swedish pancakes with lingonberry jam, oatmeal pancakes with chocolate chips, cottage cheese pancakes with real maple syrup. So many options! So delicious in their own ways! Waffles can be in the form of pumpkin waffles, rice waffles, raspberry waffles...I will convert you.

Can I come even if I'm already a believer? These all sound amazing!

[kaeguri]

Jul 16, 2015 12:54:10 GMT -5 carabassa said:

I can only assume that those who strongly dislike pancakes and/or waffles have only experienced the crappy versions at crappy diners with crappy fake syrup.

Come to my house and I'll make you the most delicious varieties - Swedish pancakes with lingonberry jam, oatmeal pancakes with chocolate chips, cottage cheese pancakes with real maple syrup. So many options! So delicious in their own ways! Waffles can be in the form of pumpkin waffles, rice waffles, raspberry waffles...I will convert you.

I've always wanted to know, what the hell is a lingonberry and what does it taste like??