Post by thelittleredm on Dec 20, 2016 12:21:25 GMT -5
W, I just want you to know, you're the reason I stalk D16. Also, way to score that K'tan! I need to get a new one, I think. Mine from DS may be too small.
I have nothing to contribute, really. Just another day. Oh! We get to go view our maternity pictures tonight!! I'm so excited
W, I just want you to know, you're the reason I stalk D16. Also, way to score that K'tan! I need to get a new one, I think. Mine from DS may be too small.
I have nothing to contribute, really. Just another day. Oh! We get to go view our maternity pictures tonight!! I'm so excited
W , I just want you to know, you're the reason I stalk D16. Also, way to score that K'tan! I need to get a new one, I think. Mine from DS may be too small.
I have nothing to contribute, really. Just another day. Oh! We get to go view our maternity pictures tonight!! I'm so excited
Aww! Hopefully I'll pop this baby out soon and provide pictures for you! Stalking is only half as fun with no pictures. Lol
W, I just want you to know, you're the reason I stalk D16. Also, way to score that K'tan! I need to get a new one, I think. Mine from DS may be too small.
I have nothing to contribute, really. Just another day. Oh! We get to go view our maternity pictures tonight!! I'm so excited
Aww! Hopefully I'll pop this baby out soon and provide pictures for you! Stalking is only half as fun with no pictures. Lol
Post by akraus2015 on Dec 20, 2016 12:44:24 GMT -5
RE: husbands and babies. Clearly I'm broken, because H is WAYYY more natural and better with babies than I am. He has 9 nieces and nephews who were all babies when he was a teenager; he's going to have to teach me all the things.
RE: husbands and babies. Clearly I'm broken, because H is WAYYY more natural and better with babies than I am. He has 9 nieces and nephews who were all babies when he was a teenager; he's going to have to teach me all the things.
I only know things because my sister is so much younger than I am (which led to being a nanny and etc.). You'll have instincts and such!
Thanks for the Target inspiration! I scored a soft pretzel for me and a $30 bouncearoo off the clearance rack for babies!!!
That's awesome! I paid $45 for mine I think
There wasn't any signs advertising a big sale or anything. But A LOT of really random stuff is marked clearance. I almost got a high chair too but controlled myself.
Post by akraus2015 on Dec 20, 2016 12:55:15 GMT -5
onesweetworld, you reminded me of my godparent dilemma. Pregnants- give me your opinions!
Back information:
We are Catholic and I take the role of godparent pretty seriously. I want my child's godparent(s) to be active participants in their faith formation and serve as role models and mentors as my child grows in his/her own faith.
The person(s) we choose as godparent(s) must be Catholic, per church policy. We don't have that many active/good Catholics in our circle of close family/friends.
We asked H's aunt to be Emmett's godmother and she was very honored (and she cried). She was never able to have children of her own, and is pretty close with H, so she really appreciated that we thought of her for the role.
So my question is...
Do we ask her to be this baby's godmother, too?? Even though Emmett wasn't our take-home baby, he's still our baby and I still consider her to be his godmother. Does asking her to be this baby's godmother also make it less special?
I know this isn't the same thing at all, but this baby isn't getting Emmett's name, or any of his clothes or special things we bought for him....so should he/she get his godmother?? Or do we pick someone else? Will it hurt H's aunt's feelings if we pick someone else??
Post by thelittleredm on Dec 20, 2016 12:55:33 GMT -5
H had a lot of younger cousins and a younger sibling but he never really paid attention to them as far as taking care of them so when DS came along, he was super nervous and you could tell. But he took to it really easily! When we were TTC, I knew his baby fever was bad when he refused to hold anyone's baby including his closest cousin's first. It was amusing
onesweetworld , you reminded me of my godparent dilemma. Pregnants- give me your opinions!
Back information:
We are Catholic and I take the role of godparent pretty seriously. I want my child's godparent(s) to be active participants in their faith formation and serve as role models and mentors as my child grows in his/her own faith.
The person(s) we choose as godparent(s) must be Catholic, per church policy. We don't have that many active/good Catholics in our circle of close family/friends.
We asked H's aunt to be Emmett's godmother and she was very honored (and she cried). She was never able to have children of her own, and is pretty close with H, so she really appreciated that we thought of her for the role.
So my question is...
Do we ask her to be this baby's godmother, too?? Even though Emmett wasn't our take-home baby, he's still our baby and I still consider her to be his godmother. Does asking her to be this baby's godmother also make it less special?
I know this isn't the same thing at all, but this baby isn't getting Emmett's name, or any of his clothes or special things we bought for him....so should he/she get his godmother?? Or do we pick someone else? Will it hurt H's aunt's feelings if we pick someone else??
Am I being crazy?
Honestly, I think she'd probably appreciate it even more to be asked to be this one's godmother. It's always an honor to be asked to be a godparent and the fact that she realizes this is a big deal. That said, if YOU want someone else to be the godmother, go for it! It's your decision.
Currently, I'm godmom to my oldest nephew, my youngest niece, and one of my niece's twin brothers. Granted, I'm not the "official" godmother to the littlest nephew because he was baptized Catholic and I'm not Catholic, but I'm the honorary godparent for him..or whatever it's called (can't remember). Or sponsor...is that it? Anyway.
We choose our kids godparents based one godparent being a relative in the event that something should happen to us and one godparent being the main religious mentor. This baby is a little different because godmom is my BFF and goddad is H's BFF. We intend, in the event something happens to us, that this LO will stick with DS (obviously) so the importance of a relative being a godparent was less. Plus, if need be, I have already had discussions with my BFF and she agreed to take them both on if for some reason they couldn't go to my brother and his wife and the same goes with H's BFF if my BFF can't do it. She's also the main religious mentor for this LO.
Lucky for us, we're Lutheran and when they baptize babies in our church, they do it in the name of the Christian church so anyone can be a godparent and not specifically the Lutheran church.
I always forget I can hang out and chat here, but I'm glad I lurked today. I'll AW my chunk while I'm here. I can't remember when I updated last, so sorry for any repeat info.
DS2 was 2 months old on the 14th, 9 weeks old as of last Friday. We've finally got a handle on his GERD after starting Prilosec. Zantac didn't do anything for him-the pedi thinks he has a fairly severe case. He still has bad days on occasion, but overall he's much happier. He will stay on the Prilosec for 6-9 months. At his checkup he was 12lbs 7oz and 23" long. Other than the GERD and a persistent blocked tear duct (that we're not worried about just yet), he is healthy as they come.
Here he is at 9 weeks old exactly. PDQ, will poof later. *poof*
akraus2015 , I imagine she'd be touched to be asked again. If you want to use her, then I definitely think you should.
You're not under any obligation to, though, if there's someone else you'd prefer (I couldn't quite tell from your post).
I think we both would prefer to choose her again, I'm just feeling weird lately about this pregnancy "replacing" Emmett. So that's probably where this is all coming from, honestly...
akraus2015 , I imagine she'd be touched to be asked again. If you want to use her, then I definitely think you should.
You're not under any obligation to, though, if there's someone else you'd prefer (I couldn't quite tell from your post).
I think we both would prefer to choose her again, I'm just feeling weird lately about this pregnancy "replacing" Emmett. So that's probably where this is all coming from, honestly...
That makes sense. It's good that you're aware of that, and working through it.
We had double sinks in our apartment and it was amazing. Next house will definitely have them again (we're moving next year).
This is the first time I will ever have my own sink. Growing up, I shared a bathroom with my 2 brothers and part-time with my 2 step-brothers. Then I had roommates. Then my messy slob H.
I've been stalking the Kon Mari thread on Parenting and I feel like I should purge a lot of our junk now. So we don't have to move it. But I'm so bad about doing things by myself. I need an accountability buddy.
I looked at the Kon Mari thread briefly and was overwhelmed. I do hope to get rid of a ton when we move, but H is a bit...attached to too much. Is your H good at decluttering (aside from his bathroom slobbiness lol)?
I have this desire to go minimalist, but there are some things I have which I like and could not give up. But our friends say we are minimalist compared to all of them, so I guess that's good feedback? I really just like for everything to have a place and be in it. Right now our office is a mess and I'm planning to tackle it when I'm off work next week. Any kind of clutter drives me crazy.
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