*FFFC*

[babygsmommy]

Jul 10, 2015 9:40:34 GMT -5 @nikel13 said:

I am thinking about "losing" the ILs cats. It sounds bad, but my allergies are so horrible and I don't know how else to deal with things than what we are doing.

How long are you watching them for? Allergy pills don't help?
From someone who recently lost a fur baby because he died, this is sad for me.

[melohdy]

People on my August board are talking about doing their own cervical checks. I don't think I could reach my cervix at this point.

It also makes me miss the fisting thread from TB.

[moosemug]

Jul 10, 2015 13:56:20 GMT -5 melohdy said:

People on my August board are talking about doing their own cervical checks. I don't think I could reach my cervix at this point.

It also makes me miss the fisting thread from TB.

Wow.  Maybe I should actually get around to lurking there!

About the backpacks with leashes, we got a skip hop monkey one and E LOVES it.  I let her pick it out and she dragged it around the store, showed it off to the lady at the help desk, and refused to let me carry it outside for her.  We'll see how she does when she figures out she's actually supposed to wear it, but I like it because it's a backpack, but it still has a monkey face on it so it's kinda' like the bear in that sense, AND it has a cup holder on the outside.

This is the one we got:
www.amazon.com/Skip-Hop-Safety-Harness-Monkey/dp/B009YDCGVK

[anustart1]

Jul 10, 2015 13:08:46 GMT -5 musicalsilver said:

Jul 10, 2015 12:08:50 GMT -5 cricket said:

Even though LO tells me every time he's pooping in his diaper, I am avoiding potty training because I have no interest in scooping his poop out of his little potty. I think I better get one of those little seat things instead.

It's really not bad.  I'm with cl8badb on this.  I add in a bunch of water from the tap and that just makes everything float free.  Pour it all in to the toilet and repeat until visible signs of poop are gone (or enough is gone to where you're comfortable with doing something about it).

I think cloth diapering definitely put me at an advantage in this department.  Cleaning little potties is infinitely easier/less messy than dealing with poopy diapers!  I am sad that he's been preferring the little potty over the regular toilet lately though.  Sads.

You are wrong. Never let them see the little potty option. Seat and step stool only. I cloth diaper too and there is no way I'm going to let those punks see the little potty option.

No little potties. Gavel gavel gavel.

[anustart1]

Jul 10, 2015 13:56:20 GMT -5 melohdy said:

People on my August board are talking about doing their own cervical checks. I don't think I could reach my cervix at this point.

It also makes me miss the fisting thread from TB.

It boggles my mind with the abundance of info and evidence that cervical checks tell you nothing about labor, that people still ask for them from a professional, let alone attempt that themselves. Also I would have NO IDEA what I am looking for. I couldn't even find my Mirena strings which is the only time I've attempted any form of check in my biz.

[cl8badb]

Jul 10, 2015 14:25:16 GMT -5 anustart1 said:

Jul 10, 2015 13:08:46 GMT -5 musicalsilver said:

It's really not bad.  I'm with cl8badb on this.  I add in a bunch of water from the tap and that just makes everything float free.  Pour it all in to the toilet and repeat until visible signs of poop are gone (or enough is gone to where you're comfortable with doing something about it).

I think cloth diapering definitely put me at an advantage in this department.  Cleaning little potties is infinitely easier/less messy than dealing with poopy diapers!  I am sad that he's been preferring the little potty over the regular toilet lately though.  Sads.

You are wrong. Never let them see the little potty option. Seat and step stool only. I cloth diaper too and there is no way I'm going to let those punks see the little potty option.

No little potties. Gavel gavel gavel.

Unfortunately J has always been a bit slower with physical stuff and i dont think that he can climb onto the toilet by himself. (even with a step) He runs to his little potty often when hes bottomless and its much easier for me.

We are working on using a step for handwashing so maybe once hes a little more stable we will work on sitting on the big toilet.

[cl8badb]

I bet you ET can preform cervical checks on him(her)self if he were a she.

Do we even know if ET was male or female? I always thought male. But you get what im saying.... That finger.

[anustart1]

Jul 10, 2015 14:50:43 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

I bet you ET can preform cervical checks on him(her)self if he were a she.

Do we even know if ET was male or female? I always thought male. But you get what im saying.... That finger.

BARF! You had to take it there. ET? Is nothing sacred?!

[sctiger]

I think I've shared about Amelia's shoe obsession. About a month ago MIL got her some flip flops. She is so obsessed with them that she throws a fit when she can't wear them, like to daycare or when we go outside or to the playground. She even wants to sleep with them. We are so sick of the damn things that we are going to break the straps this weekend, and say uh oh, they are broken. Sorry. It might take a few days, but we think she will get over it.

[majwv8]

Jul 10, 2015 16:38:27 GMT -5 @coffeeismylyfe said:

Jul 10, 2015 16:27:51 GMT -5 sctiger said:

I think I've shared about Amelia's shoe obsession. About a month ago MIL got her some flip flops. She is so obsessed with them that she throws a fit when she can't wear them, like to daycare or when we go outside or to the playground. She even wants to sleep with them. We are so sick of the damn things that we are going to break the straps this weekend, and say uh oh, they are broken. Sorry. It might take a few days, but we think she will get over it.

Well she can have Ts. I put them on him for the first time today because his other two pairs of shoes were dirty and he screamed the whole time they were on his feet.

O hates flip flops too! Nothing between the toes!

[cl8badb]

Jul 10, 2015 15:05:10 GMT -5 anustart1 said:

Jul 10, 2015 14:50:43 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

I bet you ET can preform cervical checks on him(her)self if he were a she.

Do we even know if ET was male or female? I always thought male. But you get what im saying.... That finger.

BARF! You had to take it there. ET? Is nothing sacred?!

I actualy love ET.

[melohdy]

Jul 10, 2015 16:45:14 GMT -5 thelorax said:

My sister is due in September and made my parents her proxy instead of BIL because he won't pull the plug. I know DH would pull that sucker. Can't decide if that is good or bad.

As in, if she were put on life support as a result of complications?? 

I am not sure H could do it. 

SPOILER: Click to show

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I AM positive that, given interventions that would save myself or the unborn baby, my H would choose the intervention that would save me.

[sympkin]

Jul 10, 2015 13:07:33 GMT -5 melohdy said:

Jul 10, 2015 12:40:21 GMT -5 sympkin said:

Ha, I was thinking that's a steal.

500 sq ft across the street from me is 400k!

Is this real life? When we look at houses for fun (not ready to buy yet), we're seeing MINIMUM of 1,500-2,000 square feet for $250k-$300k in Northern California.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure every foreign money expert is taking bets on when the Canadian housing market is going crash, but for now it's ridiculous. 

[42butterflies]

I feel horrible for even typing this, but I have a new-ish friend (just met her a little over a year ago) that is exhausting me. I really liked her at first and enjoyed hanging out with her, but in the past few months she has become super needy. Basically, I think she's super spoiled and wants to continue to freeload off her rich STBXH while not working but maintaining a highly expensive lifestyle.

It's so beyond my personality and how I live I just can't. But now I feel like I'm too far in to the friendship to simply cut the strings. Plus, we have mutual friends so it makes it even harder.

[everydayimshuffling]

42butterflies I feel like I should already know this, but what is it that you do again?

ETA: I totally posted this in the wrong spot. Sorry. Sleep deprivation yada yada.

ETA: but since I'm now in this thread, I wouldn't feel too bad about not staying super close with your new friend. Could you just be a bit "busier" lately? Friends need to be able to have something in common (or otherwise be childhood friends that can have nothing in common but have a great shared history). Sounds like she is going through a tough time, which sucks, but that would be a hard one to relate to I think.

[vitafelix]

My baby is sleeping on the floor because she was completely intolerable and wouldn't go down in her crib. Told H not to step on her, and I'm done parenting for a while.

[sctiger]

I left a comment on a blog post where the author was talking about a trip she and her family took and how she and her husband were so excited to turn their 11 month old forward facing in his car seat. She responded and basically said she didn't care.

[sctiger]

Jul 10, 2015 21:05:19 GMT -5 pitchslap said:

Jul 10, 2015 21:01:10 GMT -5 sctiger said:

I left a comment on a blog post where the author was talking about a trip she and her family took and how she and her husband were so excited to turn their 11 month old forward facing in his car seat. She responded and basically said she didn't care.

"So you don't care about the safety of your child and would rather drive illegally and put his well-being at risk? Good to know, toolbag"

I'm tempted to write back and say that but maybe I should let it go.  She said she knew the recommendation was to keep the rear facing longer but those laws were obviously not written by people who have kids. Face palm, 

[stargazer763]

G says "w" as "double-woo." It's so damn cute that I'm encouraging it.

[workinit]

Jul 10, 2015 12:11:39 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

Lame: I normally dont shower with my fitbit on but i do if im up against the big dogs. Every step counts right??

(i dont think ive posted this before)

Big dogs!!! Hahahaha!

[majwv8]

I'm kinda excited to see this Disney Channel movie about the Disney villan's kids.

[cl8badb]

Jul 11, 2015 11:39:56 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

I'm kinda excited to see this Disney Channel movie about the Disney villan's kids.

That sounds interesting. When is it on?

[majwv8]

Jul 11, 2015 11:41:26 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

Jul 11, 2015 11:39:56 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

I'm kinda excited to see this Disney Channel movie about the Disney villan's kids.

That sounds interesting. When is it on?

July 31st. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendants_(2015_film)

[anw39]

I was at work the other night and a dad took his son (2-3yrs) out to the car because he was crying. He came back in and told the mom "I put him in the car" I thought surely there's someone out their with him...nope. put him in his car seat with a phone and left him in there. I was livid. Almost called the cops but he went and got him. ..

[everydayimshuffling]

Jul 11, 2015 15:05:26 GMT -5 anw39 said:

I was at work the other night and a dad took his son (2-3yrs) out to the car because he was crying. He came back in and told the mom "I put him in the car" I thought surely there's someone out their with him...nope. put him in his car seat with a phone and left him in there. I was livid. Almost called the cops but he went and got him. ..

WTF

[stargazer763]

Jul 11, 2015 19:04:27 GMT -5 everydayimshuffling said:

Jul 11, 2015 15:05:26 GMT -5 anw39 said:

I was at work the other night and a dad took his son (2-3yrs) out to the car because he was crying. He came back in and told the mom "I put him in the car" I thought surely there's someone out their with him...nope. put him in his car seat with a phone and left him in there. I was livid. Almost called the cops but he went and got him. ..

WTF

WSS.