Peekaboo is very popular here, too. If she's wearing a dress, she pulls the skirt over her face during nappy changes. It makes it take longer, but having read all the nightmare scenarios in the nappy changing thread, I'll take it!
I have never once, in almost 39 years of life, been to a party where presents were opened. It must be an American tradition. We won't be opening presents at L's party :-)
Really? Most parties I went to as a kid (and as an adult!) there was present opening.
Gosh. That really surprises me. I would definitely think it was odd if I was expected to watch people unwrap gifts, and I'd be embarrassed if people expected to watch me unwrap!
Regarding presents, we always open in front of everyone no matter the age. My grandmothers (and a lot of others) would be very disappointed to not see LO open his gifts. Do I hate doing it? Yes. But it's for the enjoyment of anyone who chooses to watch. I'm not offended in the least if you'd rather be swimming in the pool or eating a slice of pizza in the next room.
Unwrapping gifts in front of everyone is very popular here. I really don't want to do it, especially with a one year old who will barely participate. I'm going to gauge the crowd and see if I can get away with not doing so.
I enjoy watching people open presents I got for them. If I took the time to get you something, I'd like you to take the time to open it with me.
Maybe you could try opening presents as the people come in? That way the present opening is done but not with a huge crowd? And people can talk to/entertain V while you do the opening since that is inevitable anyway;)
I mentioned before I left my poor broken van in the hands of one of my good friends. He keeps texting me pictures of it becoming more and more disassembled with captions like "oops". "Whoopsies". I told him I had a feeling he'd find a lot of amusement in the fact that I needed him to fix it.
we opened presents at DDs party. It wasn't too bad since I had a 4yo helper who was very enthusiastic about it. "Look what you got baby Anna! Who gave this for baby Anna?" it was precious.
Yes, at this age there is always an older friend/cousin/sibling who is very happy to help and entertain the crowd while LO is crinkling the paper. It's not that bad.
I forgot my breakfast at home and happened to have MilkMakers cookies in my bag (from a giftbasket I got for a kickstarter). They taste so freaking disgusting! BLEGHHHH
We just got back from vacation and already I'm itching for another getaway. I've spent the last hour looking at airbnb for rental options to do a weekend on the west side of the state later this summer. Anyone use that website before? It's really tempting me to rent a condo/house for a weekend, especially if some friends of ours are crazy enough to go in with us to bring the cost down even further, just not sure if I can convince H to spend more than 30 minutes in the car again with DS so soon!
Post by beersandweirs on Jun 1, 2016 14:08:52 GMT -5
@jemomma I think it was you that bought the below toy recently. They have it on craigslist for $5 and I am trying to decide if I should get it. Do you see it being useful once LO is more mobile? LO can walk now, so she doesn't really stop to play much anymore, just walks from here to there while carrying different things, lol. Thoughts?
We just got back from vacation and already I'm itching for another getaway. I've spent the last hour looking at airbnb for rental options to do a weekend on the west side of the state later this summer. Anyone use that website before? It's really tempting me to rent a condo/house for a weekend, especially if some friends of ours are crazy enough to go in with us to bring the cost down even further, just not sure if I can convince H to spend more than 30 minutes in the car again with DS so soon!
I love Airbnb. I've only had good experiences with it. I also used to have an Airbnb (a guest house we used to rent) so I've been on both ends of things.
T lost his shit on our way home last night. Screamed for 15 minutes. Fed him a canned pear when we got home, bathed him, and he was still angry. So I nursed him to sleep. An hour later he was 99, and then 100.6 an hour after that. He was hot all night. Seems fine now, just grumpy about everything and nothing!
T lost his shit on our way home last night. Screamed for 15 minutes. Fed him a canned pear when we got home, bathed him, and he was still angry. So I nursed him to sleep. An hour later he was 99, and then 100.6 an hour after that. He was hot all night. Seems fine now, just grumpy about everything and nothing!
This is very similar to what we're experiencing. She's cranky and grumpy and nothing pleases her. She is eating dinner, at least; h said she didn't really want much lunch and didn't finish her mum mums at snack time.
T lost his shit on our way home last night. Screamed for 15 minutes. Fed him a canned pear when we got home, bathed him, and he was still angry. So I nursed him to sleep. An hour later he was 99, and then 100.6 an hour after that. He was hot all night. Seems fine now, just grumpy about everything and nothing!
This is very similar to what we're experiencing. She's cranky and grumpy and nothing pleases her. She is eating dinner, at least; h said she didn't really want much lunch and didn't finish her mum mums at snack time.
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