Viagra was invented as a blood pressure medication but it's other effects gave it a use different than intended. Onsies may have been invented to prevent the shirt riding up but they still work as a functional outfit too. To each his own I suppose. I will continue to let my baby chill out in just her onsie unless the temperature drops below 70.
Nope. Onesies were invented because babies spend a majority of their time not standing, which causes shirts to ride up and uncomfortably bunch or reveal skin. Not because they're "convenient for diaper changes." In fact, a t-shirt is far more convenient for diaper changes because you don't have to unsnap anything. Would you go to the store in just a shirt or a body suit because it's inconvenient to pull down your pants when you have to go to the bathroom?
And the temperature thing doesn't get any sympathy from me. It hasn't been below 86 degrees here since BH was born and he still wears shorts or pants when we leave the house if he's in a onesie. Although usually I avoid the issue by just putting him in a romper.
Everything about this is ridiculous. Who gives a flying fuck why they weren't invented? They're easy, cute, and my kid getting PISSED when he's too hot. DNW a sweaty, pissy baby.
Onesies FTW over here. We rven occasionally rock just a diaper and socks (because his little toesies get chilly) on the hot humid days at home. Can't wait to hear your stance on that. Insert eye roll here.
Also. I have totally gone into a [party] store with just a tshirt over my bathing suit. Because fresh off the boat and summer and no one wants a wet soggy pants ass.
I walked through the mall today with Jules in her diaper. She didn't want clothes on.
A onesie is a complete outfit for a baby. It's purpose is to be convenient for changes. It defeats the purpose if you then put an extra layer of pants/shorts over it. Taking off pants for diaper changes is a pain in the ass.
Nope. Onesies were invented because babies spend a majority of their time not standing, which causes shirts to ride up and uncomfortably bunch or reveal skin. Not because they're "convenient for diaper changes." In fact, a t-shirt is far more convenient for diaper changes because you don't have to unsnap anything. Would you go to the store in just a shirt or a body suit because it's inconvenient to pull down your pants when you have to go to the bathroom?
And the temperature thing doesn't get any sympathy from me. It hasn't been below 86 degrees here since BH was born and he still wears shorts or pants when we leave the house if he's in a onesie. Although usually I avoid the issue by just putting him in a romper.
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it seems pointless to have an infant wear pants in the summer and it adds one more step for a diaper change to have to remove the pants . If their is ever a time to not judge and let a baby be a naked baby so be it. They will have their whole life to wear clothes in public. We also let our toddler walk the dogs just in a short and underwear in the summer in our neighborhood and I could care less what anyone thinks.
I'm already tired of hearing about the upcoming election.
Me too!! Someone told me in The UK that the election cycle is way shorter, I think 3-6 months total. I'm jealous.
I can't believe we are going to have to hear about this for the next year and a half. What a waste of everyone's time and money. Oh wait...I'll be living in Canada by then so I guess I won't be voting next year!
My unpopular opinion: my kid can drink all the chocolate milk, coke, and eat all the candy and Popsicles. I often let him eat a Popsicle before he eats lunch.
I agree with everything but the Coke. I don't forbid it, but I do regulate that because of caffeine. My kids are hyped up enough lol.
I agree with not giving coke, but because of more than the caffeine! What total unnecessary sugar, caffeine, and random chemicals and additives. Kids don't need pop.
A onesie is a complete outfit for a baby. It's purpose is to be convenient for changes. It defeats the purpose if you then put an extra layer of pants/shorts over it. Taking off pants for diaper changes is a pain in the ass.
Nope. Onesies were invented because babies spend a majority of their time not standing, which causes shirts to ride up and uncomfortably bunch or reveal skin. Not because they're "convenient for diaper changes." In fact, a t-shirt is far more convenient for diaper changes because you don't have to unsnap anything. Would you go to the store in just a shirt or a body suit because it's inconvenient to pull down your pants when you have to go to the bathroom?
And the temperature thing doesn't get any sympathy from me. It hasn't been below 86 degrees here since BH was born and he still wears shorts or pants when we leave the house if he's in a onesie. Although usually I avoid the issue by just putting him in a romper.
What happened to your stance that "babies can't regulate their body temperature" with regards to swimming - so parents shouldn't help that out by making smart clothing decisions for their baby in hot weather as opposed to fashionable, as you describe, ones? Team onsie is an outfit here!
Yeah but do you limit it? Do you think unlimited screen time would affect their intelligence? Or ability to concentrate, relate to others, etc...?
The only thing I limit is tablet/computer use (an hour per day). If they want to watch a cartoon or movie, I may try to steer them towards a different activity but I don't refuse it.
ETA So far I don't see any negative effects. Both my kids socialize very well with others and seem to concentrate just fine.
"a" cartoon or movie makes me believe you'd probably limit if it they wanted to watch 4 hours of TV every day or something like that. I feel like most people have limits, whether they're explicit or not.
I'm sensitive to this because my in-laws don't have ANY limits with their DS on electronics. Since he was big enough to hold a remote or controller he often plays video games and watches TV during ALL of his free time. He might run around outside for 20 minutes on a Saturday afternoon, but spend the rest of the day bouncing between the Wii, PS3, TV, Tablet, DS, and whatever other shit he has. It's ridiculous.
I think letting kids watch TV or have "screen time" does not affect their level of intelligence one bit.
Yeah but do you limit it? Do you think unlimited screen time would affect their intelligence? Or ability to concentrate, relate to others, etc...?
We took DS1 to see Minions the other day and the baby came with us. He sat in my lap and stared at the screen the entire movie. Beteen that, the minion gibberish, and the fact that he was wearing a onsie in public someone should probably call social services becase he's now totally fucked.
Yeah but do you limit it? Do you think unlimited screen time would affect their intelligence? Or ability to concentrate, relate to others, etc...?
We took DS1 to see Minions the other day and the baby came with us. He sat in my lap and stared at the screen the entire movie. Beteen that, the minion gibberish, and the fact that he was wearing a onsie in public someone should probably call social services becase He's now totally fucked.
I had DB on my lap watching The Office the other day and I realized he has started staring at screens for the first time. And then it just happened to be an episode with a fake movie where everyone shoots each other. His eyes were so wide with the gun noises! I felt kind of terrible, but then again I don't think they really take it in at this point.
We took DS1 to see Minions the other day and the baby came with us. He sat in my lap and stared at the screen the entire movie. Beteen that, the minion gibberish, and the fact that he was wearing a onsie in public someone should probably call social services becase He's now totally fucked.
I had DB on my lap watching The Office the other day and I realized he has started staring at screens for the first time. And then it just happened to be an episode with a fake movie where everyone shoots each other. His eyes were so wide with the gun noises! I felt kind of terrible, but then again I don't think they really take it in at this point.
I think he was mesmerized by the large amounts of primary colors at the movie. I was just happy he didn't start screaming and make me have to step out.
"a" cartoon or movie makes me believe you'd probably limit if it they wanted to watch 4 hours of TV every day or something like that. I feel like most people have limits, whether they're explicit or not.
I'm sensitive to this because my in-laws don't have ANY limits with their DS on electronics. Since he was big enough to hold a remote or controller he often plays video games and watches TV during ALL of his free time. He might run around outside for 20 minutes on a Saturday afternoon, but spend the rest of the day bouncing between the Wii, PS3, TV, Tablet, DS, and whatever other shit he has. It's ridiculous.
It's safe to say that my kids watch TV at least 4 hours on any given day. It's educational TV, but TV none the less. When you stay home with toddlers and a baby and have to entertain them between the hours of 6:30am and 8pm, TV comes in handy.
That seems like a lot to me, but I haven't raised a toddler yet. I have nannied for them, but at that point I was being paid to entertain them so I would never have felt ok having the TV on for more than 30 minutes or so. And I got to go home at 5pm.... But still, 4 hours?!
Post by pghtruelove on Aug 27, 2015 18:14:30 GMT -5
I totally don't care about TV and movie stuff but I refuse to let my kids play video games. I will let them play educational games but there will be no Xbox, play station, or anything else.
That being said, my BF plays on a gaming team, streams his games, watches pro gaming, and is totally all about video games so I don't know how well my anti video gaming is going to work. But in my perfect world!
That seems like a lot to me, but I haven't raised a toddler yet. I have nannied for them, but at that point I was being paid to entertain them so I would never have felt ok having the TV on for more than 30 minutes or so. And I got to go home at 5pm.... But still, 4 hours?!
Okay, let's do some math. Up at 6:30am, bedtime at 8pm. That's 13.5 hours that need to be filled. We'll say breakfast, lunch and dinner average about 1 hour total. If we happen to have a play date that day, that's usually 2 hours max. If it's a nice day, we can do 1 hour at the park. Say 1 hour for getting ready in the mornings and getting ready for bedtime at night. That's only 5 hours filled right there, so you still have 8.5 hours to go. If we play with toys, play games, color, etc for half that, that gives us 4.25 hours still needed to be filled. And that is usually done with TV. If any mom tells you that she plays with her kid(s) for 13.5 hours every day then she is lying.
I mean, that makes sense. I'd be curious to know if other moms of toddlers have about the same amount of TV watching or not. I would assume as they get a bit older you wouldn't need as much TV because they can play more independently. But if they get used to watching that much it might be hard to cut back.
Also, I'm NOT saying that you're kids are going to have trouble focusing, or have ANY negative affects from TV watching, but if they're still toddlers it's really impossible to say that it's not affecting them... You wouldn't know until they're older and need to be able to sit still, focus, etc in school...
Nope. Onesies were invented because babies spend a majority of their time not standing, which causes shirts to ride up and uncomfortably bunch or reveal skin. Not because they're "convenient for diaper changes." In fact, a t-shirt is far more convenient for diaper changes because you don't have to unsnap anything. Would you go to the store in just a shirt or a body suit because it's inconvenient to pull down your pants when you have to go to the bathroom?
And the temperature thing doesn't get any sympathy from me. It hasn't been below 86 degrees here since BH was born and he still wears shorts or pants when we leave the house if he's in a onesie. Although usually I avoid the issue by just putting him in a romper.
Whatever the reason they were invented for, I think most moms would agree that they use them for convenience. A t-shirt would not be more convenient because I am assuming you would also have the baby wearing pants/shorts, which you would need to remove, correct? I also don't think anyone was looking for your sympathies in regards to the heat. It's your personal choice how you dress your kid in hot weather.
And comparing what is acceptable for babies to what is acceptable for adults is a little silly.
+1 for thinking that comparing what is acceptable for babies to adults is silly. I hate when people say "I don't like x so of course my baby wouldn't either"....really I've lost count of how many things my son has done today that I wouldn't/ couldn't do
I let DS watch about 3 hours TV a day. The house rules are he can watch morning and evening. So he watches from 6-745 then from 5-630. But he isn't glued to the TV the whole time. He will stop and play or go to the kitchen and have breakfast etc. on days where he has the flu I let him watch whenever he asks and we cuddle on the couch together.
I limit what he can watch. We have Apple TV w Netflix kids so his choices are Thomas the train, Curious George,bob the builder etc These shows all have a helpful message. So he will mention later ' mommy I'm being a useful engine'. I feel like there are a lot of positive messages in children's TV.
I'm loling at it hasn't gone below 86*. It's currently 105* and the sun is down. The high the other day was 116*. I feel bad putting my babies in any clothes when we leave the house. The idea of putting them in pants is absolutely ludicrous in these temperature. Temperatures do matter in regards to clothing your baby.
This is our most active thread in a long time! I guess I missed it earlier somehow. Maybe this is an FFFC, but my kid rarely wears any clothes at home. We wear onesies while out and about. I do like T-shirts, but we still wouldn't wear pants with them if I had any. I would just be showing off his cute fluff butt. Also, my house looks a little like Babies R Us threw up in it. Ain't nobody got time to carry baby things upstairs to the nursery all day long. FIL build us some shelving in the living room and I keep the toys on them, as well as a well stocked changing station. I step foot in the nursery about once a week. Team salted caramel mocha cappuccino in the fall. PSL is just ok. I so want to judge all of you screen-timers and junk food givers, however I've already learned my lesson there. Anything you say is an absolute "no" before your kid hits that stage will become your lifesaver once you enter it. Not that I really care what you all do with your own kid, I'm just learning to never say never with mine.
I'm not against screentime but I don't think I'll let them have 4 hours in one day, unless its a special circumstance. I'm all for tablets and TV but I do think that I will push other activities before screen time. I don't remember ever watching that much TV when I was young because my next door neighbor was my best friend and we were always outside, making up dances, playing board games, etc. We hardly ever watched TV and were perfectly happy.
I personally don't like how onesies look without leggings so I agree with billyhorrible BUT putting leggings on and off each time I change a diaper does get old. I don't think I've ever taken LO out in just a onesie though because it looks incomplete to me.
No to giving my kid tons of sugar. There's no nutritional value to it at all and there's so much research showing how addicting and terrible it is for you. I want my kid to grow up with healthy eating habits so refined sugar will be saved for special occasions, definitely not an everyday thing.
Regarding the political talk: BERNIE 2016! Trump sure is entertaining though.
Maybe this is my UO, but I 110% back Bernie Sanders. I grew up in VT and he was our senator for as long as I can remember. He is one of the most decent, level headed, passionate individuals I've ever met, and I think he would be an outstanding president. I once flew from DC to VT on the same flight as him- he sat in coach with everyone else. Didn't want to spend his constituents' tax dollars on something like first class plane tickets. Now come on- how great is that?! I could go on and on... Haha
Leave it to this group to get the most fired up in forever about UO's.
UO- I get people have different reasons for cloth diapering. Mine is to save on expenses. So I find it absolutely insane when I see a COVER for a diaper going for 500 bucks on ebay because its a 'limited, limited print'. Who gives a shit? Oh right. Your baby because that's all its for. Your kid pissing and pooping in.
+1! I love cute diapers, don't get me wrong, but there are tons of cute options for under $25. I feel absolutely no need to spend $500 on one.
Post by Girlymama79 on Aug 28, 2015 0:38:17 GMT -5
I'm on team a onsie is a real outfit for a baby.
On screen time, I limit the shit out it in the summer. But I live in north fucking Dakota. Cold snap + ice storm = it is completely unsafe to leave my house since I live in the country, Andplusalso 16 hours of darkness. We just need to survive. Bring on the Netflix. Though we do like wild America, planet earth, but we also partake in plenty of normal childhood cartoons.
I don't understand giving your child a name and then calling them by their middle name. Why not give them that name to begin with? I understand giving family names and traditions and whatnot, but use those as the middle names if you know you'll never call them that.
I've planned on naming my first son Zachary after my brother(he passed away when I was 12, he was 16) since he died. I want to give him a middle name with the same initial as him but not the same name. A long time ago I decided on Zachary Hugo because Hugo is a name I love as a first name, so if calling him Zachary or Zach is too much for me we can call him Hugo.
I guess this isn't a good explanation to this but felt I should answer something since it's a potential for me! Although info want to use Zach.
@jemomma,I don't see anything wrong with your TV time! If anyone judges, ask if they have three kids at home that they watch solo. Since having a baby, I've been eating a lot of my words ....u do what u gotta do! The TV shows today are very educational and colorful. I grew up with equal time of TV and play....no issues with sitting still or any other learning difficulties...children of the 80s and 90s yo!
As a new mom, we've been watching a lot of TV. I know growing up it was always on in the background. And currently we watch a lot of HGTV and Food Network so hopefully he'll know how to build me a house and cook me dinner by the time he is one. Also, DH works in the video game industry so I know that there will always be games. When Owen is hanging out with DH he's usually on his lap at the computer while games are being played. We have talked about how to limit but we can't really figure it out until we get there. DH loves to play sports and exercise so no worries that O will lack for physical activity. I don't view onesies as outfits. I feel like there should be something on their legs. I love rompers especially the ones that completely snap on! And so much yes to the not going by your middle name. It makes life difficult for the child and all their teachers. Online grading is always a nightmare because I don't remember who goes by what and when you teach 300-600 students per year it's hard to even remember last names.
Glad to see that there was some good discussion around here for a change! Caught up again and I'll say:
1. RE: baby clothes. I've been sending LO to daycare in rompers and they didn't say anything to me about it last week but DH claims that they have been telling him this week "Leo loves to wear pants" and have been putting pants over the romper bottoms. I think I would understand more if we were sending him in just a onesie, but this I find pretty funny.
2. I go big on birthday parties. Not ashamed.
3. Despite how messed up our political system is, I love politics and could easily watch debates and other political themed shows for hours at a time. I've also been to a presidential campaign rally before and would love to do it again someday.
4. If I didn't work DD would easily watch a few hours of TV a day. But that being said, I'm glad she is away from that and at daycare for most of the week day. Her latest obsession is watching You Tube videos of product reviews (like the ex porn star Disney Toy Collector lady).
5. DD also eats at least 2 packs of gummies a day but we try to keep her away from soda, at least for now.
6. The downstairs toy area of our house can be very messy during the work week. I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off as it is when I get home from work, and I'm not going to sacrifice sleep to try to keep everything perfectly clean every day.
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