Let it goat Wednesday...

[isolemnlyswear]

My sister always comments on C's blanket and **gasp** pillow she sleeps with.

Hey guess what sister. My kid sleeps through the night. I endured 15 months of no sleep. If it helps her sleep then she gets to keep them.

[Lola]

Jan 6, 2016 10:00:17 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

DH and I disagree on appropriate winter wear for in the car seat and it's causing me grief. Thin, warm layers are best because we can tighten the seat appropriately. DH thinks a big bulky jacket is fine because the straps are "tight" against it. Let it goat DH, I've done the research.

Show him the YouTube video about it.

[isolemnlyswear]

Jan 6, 2016 10:18:09 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

@iheartmyshiba, and Lola, I should do that...luckily I'm the one who gets the final say 99% of the time, which helps, but it's a circular discussion with him (which is odd, because he's super rational usually.

I had this with DH as well. He watched the videos and said that they put the babies in wrong to begin with. He said that the chest clips weren't high enough and that the straps were not tight enough (I think he's specifically talking about the Today show video).

But she is always with me and I don't do the puffy jacket.

[Lola]

We have car blankets for all the kids. They stay on their seats. When they get in the car they know to take off their coats. If they are cold the put the blanket on.

[lucanjo14]

I was actually just thinking about the winter coat/car thing the other day. We've been putting on a fleece jacket when we go somewhere, as opposed to his big winter coat. I put a hat and sometimes gloves on him as well. The priority is obviously the car seat fitting right. But I was wondering what everyone else is doing because especially when it's windy I'm worried he's not warm enough.

[lea]

We do fleece jacket and keep blankets in the car. If we're going to be outside for more than the quick minute it takes to run into wherever we're going, I bring his thick coat to put on when we get there, but usually he's good w/ just the fleece and the hat. I think your DH just doesn't want to admit to being wrong isolemnlyswear!

I get annoyed with having to deal with snow/rain boots and having to have DS1 change shoes when he gets to school. We haven't even had snow yet and had to deal with it but I'm already over it. lol

I just want all the obnoxious people boo-hooing about Obama's gun control to let it goooooooooooooooo. Nothing he proposed is infringing on your rights and to claim he used an onion to cry fake tears? Screw you. You go spend 5 minutes with parents whose babies were literally blown apart in their own classroom and see if you don't get emotional about it years later still. So much rage!! That's just letting your blind hatred for the man get in the way of rational thinking. Knock it off.

[walterjenne]

I have a light weight down coat that I leave on him. I put him in the car seat without it and tightened the straps. I was able to get him in the car seat still with the coat on so I feel he's safe, but warm. I didn't want to deal with taking coats off and on constantly. And this coat came recommended from a car seat blog I follow. It came from Costco and was really reasonably priced.

[liziz]

We typically throw her jacket hood over her to keep her warm/dry on the way to the car, and then take it off to put her in her seat. I have a lot of trouble tightening the car seat even with a sweatshirt on her, so we try to minimize the layers (and also aren't somewhere very cold).

[jnnfrrose6]

@iheartmyshiba, YH would not be pleased at all with everything in DD's crib. 2-3 blankets, a pillow, a pillow animal, a lovey or 2 and some stuffed animals. She flails around throughout the night and half the time we watch her putting the pillow animal on top her herself. DS is even worse, but every time I try to take something out he asks where it is. There's only so many times I can tell him his stuff is in the wash. You've got the video monitor now so at least he can actually watch how much she moves around and let it go.

[Deleted]

Jan 6, 2016 11:37:46 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

And her head buried in the Minky blanket. -_-

That would make me soooo nervous!

[lucanjo14]

I still put DS in the crib with nothing but his pajamas. I'm just so paranoid. Also he moves and flops around so much I don't think a blanket would do him much good.

[aulumos]

DS has one stuffed animal in the crib, nothing else. I tried to give him a blanket a month or so ago, but when I laid him down he handed it back to me like "here, mama, this isn't supposed to be in here."

[anotherdreamer]

Mine have crocheted blankets I made and stuffed animals. Most of the toys get thrown right before they actually fall asleep though, during their night shenanigans.

[emilillies]

Jan 6, 2016 10:47:02 GMT -5 lucanjo14 said:

I was actually just thinking about the winter coat/car thing the other day. We've been putting on a fleece jacket when we go somewhere, as opposed to his big winter coat. I put a hat and sometimes gloves on him as well. The priority is obviously the car seat fitting right. But I was wondering what everyone else is doing because especially when it's windy I'm worried he's not warm enough.

DDwears a sweater or long sleeve in the car seat. I then throw a blanket or her coat over her. When we get wherever we are going I put her coat on her when I'm taking her out. If you have a regular not overly fluffy coat, I believe *and correct me if I'm wrong* you can put the coat on normal, leave it undone and buckle the carseat and then close the coat. that's just really fussy to me though.

[bullybutt]

lea, a coworker of mine was asking if Obama really cried and started laughing. I told him to STFU and nobody talks about my Obama! How could you not get emotional over the deaths innocent babies?

[lea]

Jan 6, 2016 13:46:30 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

lea , a coworker of mine was asking if Obama really cried and started laughing. I told him to STFU and nobody talks about my Obama! How could you not get emotional over the deaths innocent babies?

Sometimes when I see crap like that - and my BIL just "liked" some dumbass meme about how psychopaths wipe tears with one finger like Obama did - I start wondering if I feel so much about Sandy Hook because it happened close to home and people I know were there and many of my friends knew victims. Then I think, no, I feel so much because I'm a freaking human and children being shot in school is beyond devastating!

[lea]

Jan 6, 2016 14:15:39 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

Jan 6, 2016 14:00:42 GMT -5 lea said:

Sometimes when I see crap like that - and my BIL just "liked" some dumbass meme about how psychopaths wipe tears with one finger like Obama did - I start wondering if I feel so much about Sandy Hook because it happened close to home and people I know were there and many of my friends knew victims. Then I think, no, I feel so much because I'm a freaking human and children being shot in school is beyond devastating!

Sometimes I really debate deleting facebook. Part of me wants to be oblivious to all the stupid shit people post and like on there. 

I deactivate so often I don't know why I even go back. The only people left on my feed that post stuff like that are family that I can't delete so I just have to unfollow them. lol  I'm thinking of just making an Alter Ego FB for my friends that I do like to keep up with and stuff like cute kitten and puppy fan pages or something happy like that.

One thing I did do was delete almost all US media off my feed, except for maybe one source and our local news pages. It's much more refreshing getting news from international sources like the BBC who just have a basic headline and give you the news without all the extra commentary and sensationalism. I still try not to read the comments but they're not as bad as they are on the US media's pages.

[mary1217]

We are planning on gutting and redoing our bathroom. We were talking to our friend the other day who we plan on using to do the remodeling and DH tells him he is going to give him a clean slate to work from (in other words demo it himself). The guy told him not to do that it makes it harder for him.

Dh still wants to demo it himself - you are not doing the work dh. Let it goat!

[soon2bmrsn]

Jan 6, 2016 10:27:37 GMT -5 Lola said:

We have car blankets for all the kids. They stay on their seats. When they get in the car they know to take off their coats. If they are cold the put the blanket on.

+1

[soon2bmrsn]

Jan 6, 2016 13:46:30 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

lea, a coworker of mine was asking if Obama really cried and started laughing. I told him to STFU and nobody talks about my Obama! How could you not get emotional over the deaths innocent babies?

WTAF? Rage.

[soon2bmrsn]

Jan 6, 2016 13:04:06 GMT -5 emilillies said:

Jan 6, 2016 10:47:02 GMT -5 lucanjo14 said:

I was actually just thinking about the winter coat/car thing the other day. We've been putting on a fleece jacket when we go somewhere, as opposed to his big winter coat. I put a hat and sometimes gloves on him as well. The priority is obviously the car seat fitting right. But I was wondering what everyone else is doing because especially when it's windy I'm worried he's not warm enough.

DDwears a sweater or long sleeve in the car seat. I then throw a blanket or her coat over her. When we get wherever we are going I put her coat on her when I'm taking her out. If you have a regular not overly fluffy coat, I believe *and correct me if I'm wrong* you can put the coat on normal, leave it undone and buckle the carseat and then close the coat. that's just really fussy to me though.

I've never heard of doing that. I like to keep the car seat straps available though in case we'd need to quickly evacuate the car.

[sararl07]

I got the IT friend to unblock this site....I"M BACK

[dawnfire]

Jan 6, 2016 12:37:53 GMT -5 lucanjo14 said:

I still put DS in the crib with nothing but his pajamas. I'm just so paranoid. Also he moves and flops around so much I don't think a blanket would do him much good.

This is our reality.  I kind of feel bad that his crib is so barren, but a pillow/blanket would be useful for all of 2 minutes with him!

[dawnfire]

Jan 6, 2016 13:46:30 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

lea , a coworker of mine was asking if Obama really cried and started laughing. I told him to STFU and nobody talks about my Obama! How could you not get emotional over the deaths innocent babies?

What a heartless individual.  I don't care what side of the political spectrum you're on, that's just heartless right there.

[littlemissmarla]

I can't think of anyone who needs to let it goat but this was a gooooood idea @shibes!!!

[mamanorris]

I have been singing "Let it Goat" in my head all day.

[isolemnlyswear]

Jan 8, 2016 12:49:33 GMT -5 TheCoffeeNinja said:

I got a dinner tray today from the store (like a ready meal but fresh/uncooked and feeds 4) which was pork and potatoes. H saw me split it from one big container into 2 small ones then put one each in freezer/oven and put the big tray by the sink. After dinner, he decided it would be fun to eat the potato scraps and leftover sauce from the tray. The big tray that had the raw food in it, not the small one that got cooked.

If he gets pork worms now...

Oh gosh!! After his big pork worms nonsense... it's pretty funny (only if he doesn't get them)

[Lola]

What are pork worms?

[stellabunny]

Jan 8, 2016 16:00:08 GMT -5 Lola said:

What are pork worms?

There's an obscene joke to be made somewhere here.

[soon2bmrsn]

Jan 9, 2016 6:34:34 GMT -5 TheCoffeeNinja said:

Jan 8, 2016 16:00:08 GMT -5 Lola said:

What are pork worms?

Apparently (I'd never heard of them until H sent me links last week) a parasite that lives in certain animals, such as pigs, wild boar, game animals etc that you get from undercooked meats.

H read something about it then freaked out that he was going to get worms in his brain and decided to give up bacon and pork. Even if there are worms in our meat (VERY UNLIKELY), I thoroughly cook everything longer and hotter than necessary to kill off anything dubious.

He made a huge deal about it at the time so it's really funny that he ate from the tray that had raw pork on it.

Ew. And hahahahaha.