Confession on H's behalf - he just sang "pour some sugar on me" to M, but changed it to "pour some sweet potatoes on me" while she was eating her sweet potatoes making a mess...
Wine and Guns & Roses? I may have an Internet girl crush.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Nov 27, 2015 14:59:31 GMT -5
I've never heard of a zutano bootie OR a "cake smash".. I live under a rock apparently lol
I thought you just give the baby a piece of the birthday cake and see what they do with it, which is most likely smush it. But I didn't know it had a name or was a "thing".
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Nov 27, 2015 15:19:03 GMT -5
FFFC: I talked back to granny last night. SOs grandmother, yall. Sorry, not sorry. She was telling me that I'm "spoiling the baby" by holding her too much, and that that's the reason she is not a good sleeper, and its my fault and I have to stop spoiling her or she'll never be able to be taken care of by a babysitter. Ughh. I pretty much just said "I do not hold her too much. That's how I know she cries when I'm NOT holding her."
I was trying so hard not to be rude but I'm seriously tired of his family telling me how I'm parenting incorrectly.
Confession on H's behalf - he just sang "pour some sugar on me" to M, but changed it to "pour some sweet potatoes on me" while she was eating her sweet potatoes making a mess...
Wine and Guns & Roses? I may have an Internet girl crush.
Eh hem it's def leppard girl. Got to stay up on your 80s metal bands
I've never heard of a zutano bootie OR a "cake smash".. I live under a rock apparently lol
I thought you just give the baby a piece of the birthday cake and see what they do with it, which is most likely smush it. But I didn't know it had a name or was a "thing".
I've never heard of zutano booties either and I also have no idea what elf on the shelf is
I wholeheartedly refused to do Elf on the Shelf too....and then talking at daycare happened and DS wondered why Santa didn't send him an elf. Peer pressure is a bitch. We have an elf named Elfis. DS loves that damned thing. I will admit - it is a quick behavior changer around this time of year. We just have to say, Elfis, did you see that?? Think Santa ought to know?
Ours is also named Elfis! No shame about reminding my kid that the elf is watching. Elfis had to write a letter last year discussing his behavior. Other than that he's a rather lazy elf who sometimes picks to come back to the same spot he was in the day before.
FFFC: I talked back to granny last night. SOs grandmother, yall. Sorry, not sorry. She was telling me that I'm "spoiling the baby" by holding her too much, and that that's the reason she is not a good sleeper, and its my fault and I have to stop spoiling her or she'll never be able to be taken care of by a babysitter. Ughh. I pretty much just said "I do not hold her too much. That's how I know she cries when I'm NOT holding her."
I was trying so hard not to be rude but I'm seriously tired of his family telling me how I'm parenting incorrectly.
My MIL is the opposite. At my baby shower for DS her advice was that "you can't spoil babies. Only meat spoils. "
periwinkledaydreams My dad felt the need to tell me several times that I have a spoiled baby because she cries when other people try to hold her. It took every ounce of my being not to sass my dad and remind him that about 20 different people held her on thanksgiving day, and she was tired and overstimulated. Also, if she cries when you are holding her, and you make crying noises back, I'm pretty sure she isn't going to want to be held by you. Just saying.
And I adore my dad. He is just clueless right now.
PurpleIris Our elf is named Dash. And he is a lazy bum. He likes to hang out and hide in the Christmas tree for days at a time. Lol
Kristykristyleelee, my personal favorite is when someone (usually my dad) says, "I'm going to give you some unsolicited advice....not that you listen anyway...but" and then continues with said advice.
I'm glad these are combined, because my confession is also definitely an UO. I do not like wine/any type of alcohol. Sometimes I pretend with myself that my apple raspberry juice is wine, because in my mind that is how wine should taste.
I especially love the amount of people telling me if I feed my kid solids she'll magically sleep through the night. Don't you know 5 month olds are not supposed to be up so much in the middle of the night?!?!
Pour Some Sugar on me totally reminds me of going to homecoming my freshman year of college. We had way too many people in that car and drove around blasting that song and singing along.
I saw Def Leppard the year before DS1 was born and it was awesome!
And when we went to MIL's birthday in September P didn't sit alone once the entire weekend. He was just passex from person to person the whole time. No "you're spoiling the baby" there. It's good to be tbe youngest grandchild/nephew/cousin by 14 years.
It's so funny to me how much people want to be involved in what's "wrong" with the baby. When we got to my grandmother's to visit family yesterday, V was asleep. After asking everyone to let him sleep (and having to be firm with a few who said he slept long enough -- what the hell), I made sure to hold him for 5 minutes after he woke up so he could acclimate. A few aunts/uncles kept saying "he's fine". Well, as soon as I felt comfortable and passed him to my aunt, he started crying. She says, "oh, he's got some separation anxiety.". I said no, he only cries like that if he's hungry, I need to feed him before people hold him. Then while I fed him, several are chatting about how he would have been fine, he just needed time to adjust.
When I handed back a happy, smiling, friendly baby, I said, "I know what he wants and needs. Right now he wants to play and see everyone, so he's all yours".
Damn people.
Way to stand up for yourself! I thought that crap would die down some once I wasn't a brand new mom anymore, but nope. People still love to tell me what my baby needs. Please tell me all about how you know more about the baby I've spent everyday of the last 5 1/2 months with. (Sarcasm font)
When DS1 was about the age P is now i had him sitting very happily in the cart at Target for the first time. Some random grandmotherly lady came up to us, took his blanket out of my cart and put it around and behind him because "he was too uncomfortable." I was so taken aback that i just stood there silently staring until she walked away. I may have even said thank you. This time around i give zero fucks about speaking up when strangers feel the need to comment on my parenting. I do have more self restraint with family but only marginally. My mom is really the only one who comments though.
Oh and because i forgot FFFC was combined here this week.... When DS1 was three we were in the produce section of the grocery store when he very loudly started singing John Mayer's Who Says I Can't Get Stoned. What i wouldnt have given to be inside the brains of the judgy mcjudgersons who stopped and stared at me after that one.
I'm glad these are combined, because my confession is also definitely an UO. I do not like wine/any type of alcohol. Sometimes I pretend with myself that my apple raspberry juice is wine, because in my mind that is how wine should taste.
Post by tatersalad on Nov 28, 2015 15:43:24 GMT -5
Um I get that the mother in law was sticking her nose where it didn't belong with the whole carrot teether thing but I just tried it and it made Texas Ranger's day. Guess you can teach a STM new tricks.
I'm glad these are combined, because my confession is also definitely an UO. I do not like wine/any type of alcohol. Sometimes I pretend with myself that my apple raspberry juice is wine, because in my mind that is how wine should taste.
Have you tried moscato? You might like it.
I honestly don't know if I have or not. I don't feel like I am missing out though, and I also don't drink in support of someone who is close to me that has given it up. Plus the smell of any of it... gross. Haha.
Once I'm done Christmas shopping, I'll start planning/shopping for Charlotte's 1st birthday party!
Im very late to the party with this one...but Planning the 1st party now??its December.. DD's will probably be at a park and the whole think will cost $200?? cant do it at our house because its not big enough and MIL and FIL need to have space to be separated from each other. We will pay to rent a pavilion, some food, and a cake. We joke that we are going to get a harness and do pony rides on the dog (he is 95 pounds and stands kind of high). I just dont see a point in spending a great deal of money for something that only we are going to remember. I will also not start planning it until April and all that I will really do is tell our parents the date so that my parents can book a flight to come up from Florida and book the actual pavilion.
I'm talking about spending hundreds of dollars on a party. We have a friend who just threw a party for his 2 year old and spent $700!!! I just can't imagine spending anything more than about $50 on a party for a kid under 3.
This is nothing, Russian Jews in the NY/Nj area literally though mini weddings for their kids first birthdays. I'm not talking 700, I'm talking 7000 - with caterers, center pieces, photographers and videographers to boot. Mostly they close down Russian restaurants ( there are a dozen in Brooklyn) and just go bat shit crazy. Well def do something for M but I can't justify that craziness.
HAHA This makes me laugh. a guy i grew up ( him and his wife are both Russian Jews) with had his sons 1st birthday party over the summer and I kid you not it looked like a mini wedding. They rented a hall and had a mini and mickey mouse impersonator and all. A photo booth and what not.
I'm glad these are combined, because my confession is also definitely an UO. I do not like wine/any type of alcohol. Sometimes I pretend with myself that my apple raspberry juice is wine, because in my mind that is how wine should taste.
There is a wine that exists that tastes just like grape juice. It I dangerous, lol. It is from Pirtle Winery,its their table wine. Your welcome
Need to find this wine! Just put it down on a sticky note to see if i can find it by me. ( i typically go for the sweet wines but have started to like some more dry wines as well) Thank you!
Need to find this wine! Just put it down on a sticky note to see if i can find it by me. ( i typically go for the sweet wines but have started to like some more dry wines as well) Thank you!
There was an ice wine we had in Austria that tasted exactly like juice. VERY VERY VERY dangerous lol. I've tried to find it here but the ice wines that I've tried have all been very dry and very expensive.
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