Useless baby item for me was the 43,365 pairs of hand-knitted booties I got for each kid. Okay, maybe 5. And some of them are legit cute, so of course they got worn once for a picture. But come on people, I have 3 summer babies!
I forgot about this too. We have so many newborn and 3 month socks and beanies that will never be used except for if when I want to take a cute picture of DD wearing a hat. I was super lazy about returning things though so for now all that stuff is piled in a storage bin in our garage
Post by baytosa2013 on Jul 20, 2015 8:30:53 GMT -5
Our useless items are definitely hats and bibs. DD can't stand anything on or touching her head and she's spit up maybe 3 times total in almost 7 weeks.
I am also struggling with weightlos. I've always been someone who's up and down. I gained about 50lbs and lost 32 so far but I was already higher than I wanted when I got pregnant. I'm finally feeling better physically and am anxious to get back to running. My body shape has definitely changed though.
Useless items: +1 for the hats! Also socks, long sleeve sleepers, and the biggest one...the stupid expensive bassinet that Hayley hates more than anything.
+1 on being frustrated by how I look when I try to be cute. I've lost the pregnancy weight but I don't look the same. Now I just look like I have a beer belly lol. I know that I just need to tone up by doing ab exercises and eating better but like carolyngrace I never had to do that before and am unenthused about having to start. I'm excited to get my old body back but the path there doesn't seem fun. So I'm looking forward to getting cleared for exercise but also really really not...lol
Sounding very ungrateful but useless items to me are the "cute" slogan onesies. Ugh, I hate them. I got loads of "I love boobies" type shirts...also "milkoholics anonymous" and "hard boob cafe" (with a hard rock cafe logo. Seriously?! That doesn't even make sense!!) None of which are cute, funny or going to get used...
I know this came up in UO all the time but they are so tacky! I'll just donate them all..
Are you serious?! I must live under a rock because I have not seen anything like that and obviously not gotten any. If I had I wouldn't be putting my child in them either. Seems very tacky.
Post by carolyngrace on Jul 20, 2015 10:12:39 GMT -5
I hate most onesies with slogans too! And I feel like boy ones are more common because there are less ways to embellish boy clothes.
Another random this morning is that I'm just starting to have mushy loving feelings towards DB. I feel a little bad it took me this long, but before now I was often acting out of instinct to take care of him. Now it's like " I love you so much you cutie wootie! Of course I'll hold you, change you, etc!"
I'm so jealous of all you momma's who have never had to put a bib on your LO. O practically lives in a bib in order to keep her clothes dry. She spits up all.the.time. Good thing we have a ton of them! And I've already had to buy more burp cloths because we were going through them so fast.
Post by littlemissgrump on Jul 20, 2015 11:03:13 GMT -5
+1 on the slogan onesies. We got a bunch of the cutesie onesies with 'daddy's little tiger', 'I love grandma', etc. I don't love those either but he's been wearing them at night and thank goodness we got a ton on them because we go through them so fast. He is also switching to the 3-6 mo sizes.
Another random this morning is that I'm just starting to have mushy loving feelings towards DB. I feel a little bad it took me this long, but before now I was often acting out of instinct to take care of him. Now it's like " I love you so much you cutie wootie! Of course I'll hold you, change you, etc!"
If that makes sense!
Totally makes sense. I was expecting this flood of mushy love feelings at his birth and yes, of course, I loved him - I've never felt more protective and love but it wasn't the mushy love I expected. It's just starting to come - I think in part because I know him better and he's interacting with us more? I spent most of Saturday morning in bed with DH giggling and gushing over LO
I hate most onesies with slogans too! And I feel like boy ones are more common because there are less ways to embellish boy clothes.
Another random this morning is that I'm just starting to have mushy loving feelings towards DB. I feel a little bad it took me this long, but before now I was often acting out of instinct to take care of him. Now it's like " I love you so much you cutie wootie! Of course I'll hold you, change you, etc!"
If that makes sense!
I had a very similar experience with DS1. I think a very painful recovery mixed with a very challenging baby (from day 1) made it really difficult to feel super lovey dovey toward him. Plus I felt like I was giving so much of myself and not getting anything in return. Nothing seemed to soothe him, so it was just all this effort and I still had an unhappy baby. It was really really hard.
This time is SO different. When this LO cries, I nurse him or hold him and rub his back and he calms down. It makes me feel so good as a mom that he responds to my efforts to make him feel better. Something I did not get with DS1.
Post by pghtruelove on Jul 20, 2015 12:31:57 GMT -5
I'm getting really annoyed with my friends and family. We decided we aren't posting any pictures of Jules on FB and for some reason my friends and family(who all see her all the time) are giving us a hard time about it. I posted about it when she was born and people I don't see often just message me asking for a picture which is perfectly fine. Sorry for my rant.
Post by PurpleIris on Jul 20, 2015 12:46:12 GMT -5
Ugh to the slogan clothes. I was returning some gifts at Carters this morning (NB sized sleepers - she never fit in to NB sizes) and almost all the shirts were "princess" this or "cutie" that.
I hate most onesies with slogans too! And I feel like boy ones are more common because there are less ways to embellish boy clothes.
Another random this morning is that I'm just starting to have mushy loving feelings towards DB. I feel a little bad it took me this long, but before now I was often acting out of instinct to take care of him. Now it's like " I love you so much you cutie wootie! Of course I'll hold you, change you, etc!"
If that makes sense!
This just started happening to me too! So I totally get the mushy love you're explaining. Hahaha. Except it's not "cutie wootie" ... Last night I caught myself saying "cheeky weekies"... What?
Sounding very ungrateful but useless items to me are the "cute" slogan onesies. Ugh, I hate them. I got loads of "I love boobies" type shirts...also "milkoholics anonymous" and "hard boob cafe" (with a hard rock cafe logo. Seriously?! That doesn't even make sense!!) None of which are cute, funny or going to get used...
I know this came up in UO all the time but they are so tacky! I'll just donate them all..
This makes me lol because I feel the same way - but BH is a "baby model" for a company that makes them. They "pay" him in whatever onesies he's pictured in.
I'm getting really annoyed with my friends and family. We decided we aren't posting any pictures of Jules on FB and for some reason my friends and family(who all see her all the time) are giving us a hard time about it. I posted about it when she was born and people I don't see often just message me asking for a picture which is perfectly fine. Sorry for my rant.
I feel you on this. We have an album on FB that only immediate family can view. I had baby over to visit the inlaws and SIL took like 100 photos (fortunately with our camera). I uploaded at least one of everybody with the baby to the album and she complained to DH that I didn't put up all of them. Fortunately DH is on the same page and said if we get asked about pictures again we won't put up any.
I thought about emailing them to her to stop the complaining, but she'd probably upload them on her own Facebook and I'll have even less control over who sees them.
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