Post by frecklesnbrains on May 27, 2016 7:02:44 GMT -5
GOmamab15 haha "cluster feelings" is a great electronic Freudian slip. I think the cluster feelings of late third trimester and the cluster feedings of newborns may rival each other in how much they suck.
GOmamab15 haha "cluster feelings" is a great electronic Freudian slip. I think the cluster feelings of late third trimester and the cluster feedings of newborns may rival each other in how much they suck.
Lol!! I'm having all of the feelings, for sure!!!
I'm trying to change the title on this post to FFCF cuz I started this simultaneously with the other Friday thread. But I'm glad my Freudian slip was noticed before I edited.
I confess to being a very bad speller with or without spell check.
...And I'll be back with a better confession when I think of it.
Confession, I'm a bit grumpy/bummed that Father's Day is the same weekend as my birthday. After this pregnancy and having a newborn by then I kind of want a weekend where it's just about me (especially since my Mother's Day was hard), but I want to make it special for DH, too.
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.
Peanut butter is gross Fish is gross Cooked spinach is gross (raw is fine) Earl grey > orange pekoe ALWAYS. Bananas need a bit of green to be perfect Cream cheese icing belongs on carrot cake only, not cinnamon rolls. Putting milk/cream/sugars etc in coffee is still real coffee.
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!
Post by ArgyleEnigma on May 27, 2016 9:57:35 GMT -5
I thought I was going to be a baby stuff minimalist. I am NOT. Ex: I have a mamaroo, swing/rocker combo, and some kind of vibrating bouncy jiggly chair. Granted 2 were gifts. I have a pack n play and bassinet and crib. Two diaper bags. What happened???
Post by Flair Underwood on May 27, 2016 10:01:37 GMT -5
I can't spread peanut butter without getting it on my hand somehow, and then the counter, the jar... it makes me feel inept.
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.
I also hate traveling.... I love being on vacation, but the literal time getting there/coming home plus the laundry when you get home and the prep to go.. makes me really hate it. That's why the most we've ever done since DD is 3 nights and the furthest we've gone is 4 hour car trip.
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.
I'd really like to take DS to Disneyland someday, maybe in a few years when he is 6 or 7, but I can't stand the idea of waiting in long lines all day and dealing with crowds, just thinking about it makes me claustrophobic. My idea of that trip would be mainly sitting around a pool for most of the morning with our younger DD while DH and DS hit the park, more pool or non Disney activity/outing in the afternoon and then maybe a couple of evenings where we all go to Disneyland.
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.
Add me to the non-Disney club. I hate crowds. People dressed up like animals has always creeped me out. I also really don't get the adults that go without kids. No thank you.
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.
Add me to the non-Disney club. I hate crowds. People dressed up like animals has always creeped me out. I also really don't get the adults that go without kids. No thank you.
I'm with you guys. It's just not my thing. I went for the first time when I was 18 with the marching band (lol), and it was fun because we got to do our own thing. The thought of taking a baby or toddler there does not appeal to me. DH went a few times as a kid and thinks we have to take our kids, too. I'm going to insist that they be at least 6 or 7. I'm not spending all that money on a vacation they won't be old enough to remember.
I confess that I'm pretty lonely on bed rest but yet I still feel uneasy when my friends invite themselves over to keep me company. Being an introvert is complicated.
Post by broadwaymama on May 27, 2016 10:58:59 GMT -5
Haha I'm a Disney Agent and I totally get where you all are coming from. Some people are INSANE!!! For myself, I love it but I am a true lover of fairy tales and all things "magical". I will add that kids under 3 are free, and if you get the dining plan they are allowed to share so it can actually be cost effective to go when your children are younger. People with older children who go constantly I think are throwing away money because it gets REALLY expensive!
I confess that I'm pretty lonely on bed rest but yet I still feel uneasy when my friends invite themselves over to keep me company. Being an introvert is complicated.
+1 from a fellow introvert. I simultaneously appreciate all the attention people are sending about the new baby but also just want everyone to leave me alone.
Post by Flair Underwood on May 27, 2016 11:12:59 GMT -5
csat, pbandj714,My parents took my older sister and I to disney when I was nearly 7... I literally remember NOTHING about the trip. Nothing. I don't know if I'm weird, broken or it was just such an exhausting trip that I couldn't remember anything.
pbandj714, I bet you are lonely on bed rest. It's been a long time for you. Sorry you've had to put up with it this long....
Thanks Flair Underwood. It's been a long time but has surprisingly gone faster than I expected. I'm really looking forward to having these babies and after the omg let me come visit wears off, for us to settle into a new normal as a family of 4.
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!
I know quite a few disney-obsessed adults who have their homes decorated with accessories, etc, etc... and I get that the whole thing is fun. I'm just a curmudgeon... i dont' like travel, crowds, waiting in lines or things that are expensive.
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!
I know quite a few disney-obsessed adults who have their homes decorated with accessories, etc, etc... and I get that the whole thing is fun. I'm just a curmudgeon... i dont' like travel, crowds, waiting in lines or things that are expensive.
I don't like any of those things either, and if I had to fly to get there, I don't think I'd do it. But since it's driving distance it's worth it once in a while.
I love Disney even more as an adult than I did as a child. We are planning on bringing DS there some time later this year or next. I know that he will have fun. It doesn't really bother me that he won't remember it because I will remember it and I know he'll have fun in the moment.
I confess that I'm pretty lonely on bed rest but yet I still feel uneasy when my friends invite themselves over to keep me company. Being an introvert is complicated.
I can imagine that bed rest has been lonely. You seem to have handled it really well though. I'm glad that you'll be snuggling your babies soon!
I agree that being an introvert is complicated. People who aren't introverts just don't understand that sometimes you want to be alone. I hate the attitude that some people have that they know what's best for you and that of course you'd love to be surrounded by people. I kind of hope my kids are more extroverted than me though. It seems easier to navigate the world that way.
Peanut butter is gross Bananas need a bit of green to be perfect
I don't know if we can be friends... Unless of course you give me all the good bananas. You know the ones that are fully yellow and even with a tiny brown spot or two with a big jar of peanut butter to either eat by the spoonful or spread on my delicious perfectly yellow bananas!
Peanut butter is gross Bananas need a bit of green to be perfect
I don't know if we can be friends... Unless of course you give me all the good bananas. You know the ones that are fully yellow and even with a tiny brown spot or two with a big jar of peanut butter to either eat by the spoonful or spread on my delicious perfectly yellow bananas!
Seems to me you'd make perfect friends. Think of all the conflict over peanut butter and bananas that you won't have. Complementary banana preferences save relationships.
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