This happens so often at my DC. Sometimes he is clearly wearing someone else's diaper when I know he still has plenty left.
We send 2 extra outfits in on Monday and take them home on Friday (assuming he doesn't need a change which he rarely does anymore). Last Friday, my husband did the pick up and the bag was overflowing... I looked in and it seems they put most of the boys' clothes in his bag (there are only 4 boys in his class, and it was a LOT of clothes, like 10 outfits!).
We are often the last pick up in his room. A few weeks ago there was only 1 coat and hat left. Not his. We had to wear it home for the night and bring it back in the next day. Turns out it was a 3 way switch with the boys! Everyone had the wrong coat!
This stuff drives me crazy!
Whaaaaaat? So parents took the wrong coat? Don't they know their own kids coat! I will say once I picked up C from the infant room and there was another mom picking up here baby and someone had taken her car seat!
C's old daycare was always losing and mixing up stuff, his new one is great though!
I get many infant seats are similar, but dang! How does that even happen?!?
Post by kellykinns on Feb 19, 2015 16:29:04 GMT -5
I guess I feel like as a user of the forum my intent was never to compete with the bump just get away from it. However I guess I should say I'm skeptical not necessarily against. I think having a place to get realistic parenting advice or information would be nice, but I wasn't really expecting that. Maybe it won't even effect me at all. I'll be interested to watch and see them keep to their statements now.
I've run forums before and never once thought about ads or making revenue. The money came out of my pocket if money was needed because those were labors of love or hobbies I guess. I'm not opposed to crowd funding of we wanted to compensate people for time already spent but I don't know about the rest because it seems like more than I need.
Ok I'm rambling and I have eaten. I don't even know if I'm being coherent any more
Post by kellykinns on Feb 19, 2015 16:35:52 GMT -5
ok. here's the short version. We weren't asked if we wanted a website attached to the forum. We were told there would be one and that our participation will be used to pay for something we weren't asked about. Whether the end result is good or not I feel like we are being used as a captive audience for something I wouldn't have even known about if I hadn't proactively clicked on their link... which doesn't show up at the top of the N13 page in tapatalk like it does if you actually sign on online.
I'm cranky. I paid $1200 to have my car fixed yesterday and the engine light is on again. I can't get the mechanic on the phone. I had plans to go to my sister's tomorrow but it's an hour drive so I need a working car. I just informed the receptionist I need a call back in the next hour or I will be calling my credit card company and informing them not to pay the charges from yesterday.
I'm a tad behind in the lingo, idk what DNW means, but I'm taking it to mean crazy. At least, I think 100 people at a shower is nuts. Kind of blows that whole "intimate" gathering feel for sure. It's a baby shower, not a wedding.
She lives in a TINY house. One level, Two bedrooms, one bath, and it's not super spacious. My only other thought was if she's using family or friends as caregivers when she goes back to work..maybe to leave swings there?
I had to stop looking at her registry after awhile. It was giving me anxiety. She also had two breast pumps (last I checked she doesn't have four boobs), and 6 toddler bed sets?
@kellykins, I kinda see what you're saying, but not really.
The admins didn't need to set this place up for us. But, they did, and they have spent (and continue to spend) countless hours working on it. That's time they could be spending with family, on other hobbies, reading a book, watching tv, working.....
If their vision for this place is to have an informative website about all things TTC/IF/Pregnancy/Parenting/Loss, and/or they want to turn this into a legit business, I don't see how any of us who did absolutely nothing to create and maintain this place could tell them no, even if we wanted to.
If people feel strongly about what they're doing, they can certainly vote with their feet. I guess I just don't see how adding a website and turning this place into somewhere new users can come for honest information would negatively impact any of us.
Post by Cherhorowitz on Feb 19, 2015 16:45:05 GMT -5
kellykinns that's my fault. I should have linked that to you guys. It shows up on the top of my page, so I assumed it did for everyone? I'm still learning my way around, I apologize.
I'm a tad behind in the lingo, idk what DNW means, but I'm taking it to mean crazy. At least, I think 100 people at a shower is nuts. Kind of blows that whole "intimate" gathering feel for sure. It's a baby shower, not a wedding.
She lives in a TINY house. One level, Two bedrooms, one bath, and it's not super spacious. My only other thought was if she's using family or friends as caregivers when she goes back to work..maybe to leave swings there?
I had to stop looking at her registry after awhile. It was giving me anxiety. She also had two breast pumps (last I checked she doesn't have four boobs), and 6 toddler bed sets?
I had 100 people at one of my baby showers. This was not my choice. I actually talked my MIL down from 300.
Post by Cherhorowitz on Feb 19, 2015 16:51:33 GMT -5
My understanding is not that they want to profit, but they want to continue to acquire users, so this doesn't die as Bmb users have babies, life gets in the way, etc. In order to do that, they have to attract new users. The easiest way to do that is through Google hits. People get pregnant, have trouble conceiving, experience a loss, they Google and Then Comes Family comes up, with informative content, conversation, users, etc. I don't think any of the Admins are trying to get rich off this. I think they're trying to cover their costs and hopefully one day be compensated for their time.
Post by kellykinns on Feb 19, 2015 16:54:03 GMT -5
Cherhorowitz I am probably overreacting. The truth is those ladies did make a home for us here so we could get away from TD. I suppose there's even no reason for them not to compete. I think we've got some smart ladies and dudes here. I guess I was taken off guard since that's not what I thought was going to develop here. I'm sure I'll get over it quickly. I like it here too much to go unless everyone else did too.
kellykinns that's my fault. I should have linked that to you guys. It shows up on the top of my page, so I assumed it did for everyone? I'm still learning my way around, I apologize.
On the tapatalk app there is a drop down in which you see announcements on the n13 page, they don't automatically come up.
Post by Cherhorowitz on Feb 19, 2015 17:00:16 GMT -5
kellykinns I completely understand. I think I'm a little more trusting because i talk to some of the admins off-board and I know they're not trying to set up some media empire, just keep the lights on here. If I didn't know them, I would question it too.
They want to be as transparent as possible so I feel bad you felt out of the loop and I promise you, going forward, I'll make sure everyone knows what's going on around here, as it happens.
@sing2phins, thanks for clarifying. And that's actually a great idea, work/home. You ladies are full of useful ideas! I'm not sure if she's aware of using her insurance (that's how I got my pump) - I'll have to mention that to her.
She has two other registries. I have a feeling she'll be getting a lot of duplicates and doing a lot of returning with such a large shower.
I'm pretty sure I got the job from yesterday. They are just figuring out how much to pay me. They sent me the benefits package already and I sent them my availability date. So... let's celebrate when it's official, but I just wanted to update.
kkry123 I hear you on the ridiculous registries. I knew a guy once who created a honeymoon registry that I side-eyed the fuck out of. I added it all up and it was over $10k worth of stuff, including things like kenneling their dogs while they were gone, sunscreen, bathing suits, sunglasses, etc. It was insane.
is the pointy eye thing like in Italy when they point at their eye and tug the lower eyelid?? When I was there an older man told me this meant like "I get you!" or "I see!" or "Good one!" That must be it right? Because I've been trying to imagine pointy eye all day and can only think of side-eye
is the pointy eye thing like in Italy when they point at their eye and tug the lower eyelid?? When I was there an older man told me this meant like "I get you!" or "I see!" or "Good one!" That must be it right? Because I've been trying to imagine pointy eye all day and can only think of side-eye
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