UO/FFFC for 2016

[Smootiepie]

FFFC: I saw this thread title and thought, "oh, thank goodness it's Friday already." Then it took me way longer than I'm proud of to realize that it's not

[lostineden]

I agree about the FB group. I think I've posted maybe twice. I just much prefer TCF, even though it's slow. I'm hopeful that as we all start to normalize life again some people will come back. Even in the last two weeks or so it seems to have picked up some?

FFTC: I feel like that mom. I have a friend who has a baby really close in age to mine. E has been pretty easy, all things considered, and my friend's baby is a little higher needs. I feel terrible every time we talk about life with newborns, because it seems like she's really struggling (I think she might have PPD/PPA, too) and I'm having a hard time offering suggestions because my experience has been so different. It makes me feel obnoxious, even though I'm trying really hard to be understanding and supportive. At the same time, I leave every conversation feeling grateful that we've had it so easy.

[BJ Dealer]

Jan 7, 2016 16:17:20 GMT -5 . said:

FFFC #1: I MISS YOU GUYS SO FUCKING MUCH. Like, it HURTS. Ugh. I'm going to ask for a private board, and hope you all come back because I went from feeling like we had this awesome community group to feeling like we're all just bouncing around, totally isolated from one another and I HATE IT.

FFFC #2: I'm starting to feel twinges of baby fever. Pleeeeeeeease tell me I'm not alone.

Totally not alone on #2 

[BJ Dealer]

Jan 7, 2016 17:01:22 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

Jan 7, 2016 16:46:41 GMT -5 @tmg14 said:

My fffc is that i wish i knew all the names of our babies in the group better. We all still use DD/DS or the first initial of their names, and i always feel more connected if i can use their childs actual name when chatting.

FFFC: I hardly ever post R's name because I'm secretly afraid someone from the baby names board will come and judge me. (It's a boy name on a girl, which I know is a huge no-no for them).

They can get over it.  I love her name.

[BJ Dealer]

Jan 7, 2016 17:22:53 GMT -5 littlecabbage1019 said:

I would love to have a private board even if we only use it for picture posts. Now that Claire is here I feel protective and dont want her all over the board where anyone can see.

And i also have baby fever big time. We'll be trying this time next year and that feels so far away. Hey . are you reconsidering being one and done?

My OB said she prefers people to wait 18 months between births, so we may be trying in August.  Of course, we will see how we feel then!

[BJ Dealer]

FFTC: I don't know if I'll participate in any more siggy challenges because I don't want to get rid of RDJ. Yeah, I know I could still leave him there, but I'm also lazy.

Edit: Also FFTC: I used to print out pics of RDJ so that DH could take them in when he got his hair cut. They have similar textures and DH always gets his hair cut way too short and boring without some guidance.

[Maggie0424]

Jan 7, 2016 10:25:11 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

3D adds nothing to movies.

I saw a movie in IMAX and it was giving me motion sickness

[Smootiepie]

Well apparently my UO is that I do not have baby fever...

I did think the other day that I missed being pg, but only the not sucking my gut in part.

[vshumway]

I am happy for a private board. I like the format of TCF much better than Facebook.

FFFC- I don't post pictures because I don't know how. I used to do tinypic, but it hasn't been working for me lately and I've been too lazy to figure out why b

[lostineden]

YES Smootiepie!!! I'm exactly the same. Love E, pregnancy was not my thing.

That being said, it is super nostalgic. 1/1 was the first date of my last cycle and I just so happened to start AF that day. I told MH we could have another baby with E's birthday! He looked at me like I was nuts.

[cnbpa3027]

Jan 7, 2016 21:18:12 GMT -5 kicksomeboots said:

Jan 7, 2016 17:01:22 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

FFFC: I hardly ever post R's name because I'm secretly afraid someone from the baby names board will come and judge me. (It's a boy name on a girl, which I know is a huge no-no for them).

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
It's Rowan

I also named my girl a boys name. I asked for opinions on the name board and was attacked. Whoa. Confession: I love boy names on girls

Add another one to the boys names on girls club. My older daughter is Parker. And we call Charlotte Charlie all the time.

Now I don't completely agree with naming your daughter James or Maxwell, but I do think there are a few names that can go both ways.

[BJ Dealer]

Jan 7, 2016 22:39:10 GMT -5 thinkingoutloud said:

Jan 7, 2016 21:47:12 GMT -5 cnbpa3027 said:

Add another one to the boys names on girls club. My older daughter is Parker. And we call Charlotte Charlie all the time.

Now I don't completely agree with naming your daughter James or Maxwell, but I do think there are a few names that can go both ways.

We call our Charlotte Charlie too

If Ezra had been a girl he probably would have been a Charlotte/Charlie, too. And my work BFF is a female Charlee.

[traversity]

I'd only have another baby if we won the lottery and could have a nanny and a housekeeper and be able to set up trusts for the kids. Financially and emotionally I don't want another.
HOWEVER... I keep having daydreams that I'm pregnant and they can't place my IUD on Monday. :l

[flyoffeve]

Jan 7, 2016 13:00:41 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

FFTC: The thread in the Facebook group about how much breastfeeding infants were eating gave me lots of bad feels. Everyone stating that breastfed babies should never eat more than 4-5 oz when R eats 5-6 from a bottle pretty much every time made me feel like I was overfeeding her or doing a bad job feeding her. I know no one intended it that way but it still made me feel icky. Probably compounded by the fact that my supply just continues to go down and I think we'll have to start supplementing soon.

Further confession: I think the facebook group has a different feel than the group on here and I don't like it as much. There have been a few things on there that have bothered me and I may back away from it in the future.

(Hugs) Feed the hungry baby! My baby has been eating more than 4 oz at a time since he was 4 weeks old. He now eats 8 oz at a time at just over 3 months old. His total for the day is around 40 oz. I read that you should look at the total for the day and baby should eat 2.5 oz for every pound they weigh.

I also feel like a horrible mom at times with thoughts that he is overfed, especially when people call him fat or chunky.

[lostineden]

Jan 8, 2016 11:48:27 GMT -5 RJBrownie said:

I'm having my nexplanon in next week, and they do a preg test first. I can't imagine that anyone would insert an IUD without one.

Whattttt. My OB didn't test me. Of course, there was like only the very smallest of small chances, but still.

[stacylynn]

I cannot wait for DH to get a vasectomy this summer! But I am more than happy to be happy for other pregnant ladies and more babies... Just no more for me
Makes me wonder if those with baby fever have LOs who are STTN? I have told DH that my desire for sex is directly tied to how much sleep I get. And currently my longest stretch of sleep is about 6 hours.

[BJ Dealer]

Jan 8, 2016 14:42:57 GMT -5 stacylynn said:

I cannot wait for DH to get a vasectomy this summer! But I am more than happy to be happy for other pregnant ladies and more babies... Just no more for me
Makes me wonder if those with baby fever have LOs who are STTN? I have told DH that my desire for sex is directly tied to how much sleep I get. And currently my longest stretch of sleep is about 6 hours.

Baby fever here, but DS definitely does NOT STTN.  Up about every 3 hours all night long.  But he's a generally good baby overall, so that helps.

[mrsslick]

Jan 7, 2016 16:42:06 GMT -5 . said:

Jan 7, 2016 16:39:36 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

The names thing is hard on FB. Just today I went back and looked up a couple names and found out I had thought someone was the wrong person for the entire time.

I also feel the urge to add a bunch of you as friends (not because I'm hoarding friends but because I genuinely like you) and then I think, wait, maybe they don't WANT to be my friend.. which is fine, but it leads to this big dilemma in my head. #modprobs

I want to be everyone's friend! I'm a friend hoar.

[traversity]

Jan 8, 2016 15:50:36 GMT -5 RJBrownie said:

Jan 8, 2016 14:41:21 GMT -5 lostineden said:

Whattttt. My OB didn't test me. Of course, there was like only the very smallest of small chances, but still.

Mine was super explicit. There will be a preg test, and if I claim to have DTD unprotected in the last two weeks, they won't implant it.

This. I'm picking up a test bc I dreamt about it again last night. I DNW to be surprised at the doctors office. I might start laughing and crying.

My H laughed and said "how mad would you be, a third, and if it was a boy lol"
I wanted to punch him in the nuts.