I painted DS'S toenails last night. I was browsing for a new summer color at walgreens & he saw blue nail polish & asked for it, so I got it. He loves it.
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Ds had bright pink nails the last two summers. My dad swore up and down that it would socially isolate him and kids would pick on him. The other kids actually thought it was cool.
I painted DS'S toenails last night. I was browsing for a new summer color at walgreens & he saw blue nail polish & asked for it, so I got it. He loves it.
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J always wants his nails or toes painted too. He usually picks blue ...but we have a pink, purple, yellow and green and blue...sometimes they get all the colors....
When DS2 was a baby and just learning how to army crawl, DH and I would leave a trail of puffs in our adjoining closet room so we could have sex. It would keep him occupied for at least 10 mins.
I'm pretty sure this is the BEST thing I have read online. Ever. WOOT! #parentingwin
I side eye the people who buy fancy schmancy "pretty pushers" hospital gowns.
I could have given birth in a burlap sack for all I cared. I just wanted that baby out. I went med free and the last thing on my mind was what I was wearing. I couldn't even tell you what I wore to the hospital. It was 1130 at night and I was in hell.
I side eye the people who buy fancy schmancy "pretty pushers" hospital gowns.
This is where I confess that I want something like this when I have my next baby. The hospital gowns where I delivered were so ugly and I hate that that's what I'm wearing in all the pictures.
I side eye the people who buy fancy schmancy "pretty pushers" hospital gowns.
This is where I confess that I want something like this when I have my next baby. The hospital gowns where I delivered were so ugly and I hate that that's what I'm wearing in all the pictures.
Just wear your own PJs or a cotton dress or whatever you want.
Post by notreallyirish on Mar 20, 2015 20:47:42 GMT -5
The pretty pushers are not at all what I pictured. I was envisioning a hospital gown with ruffles or something. How does that halter top contain your boobs when your are moving all around, lying down or pushing? I would feel naked. I mean, more naked than I already am with it pushed up over my belly.
It would not have mattered if I was wearing a $5000 designer dress with DS1. After over three hours of pushing I looked like death. I wore my own pajamas once I had showered.
Post by chatterbox on Mar 20, 2015 22:48:54 GMT -5
So I hadn't actually looked these up yet. The ones with selves aren't too bad, but there is no way in hell I would pay $125 for one!!! Hopefully my recovery after delivering my next (hypothetical) child will be easier than with my first so I can wear my own pajamas afterward.
Post by minerswife17 on Mar 21, 2015 7:42:41 GMT -5
I didn't care if my hospital gown had roses or skulls and crossbones on it. The last thing on my mind was looking good when I was in the worst pain of my life.
I do confess that I did look at the pretty ones online but couldn't bring myself to pay $80 for something I would only wear once.
Post by justbecause on Mar 21, 2015 8:07:08 GMT -5
Hospital gown with my first. I packed a $10 walmart nursing nightgown in black for my second. I had no modesty during birth. Just get that kid out!
My confession: I don't always help bag my groceries at the store. My excuse is that I'm usually towing a 2 and 4 year old so if I can get out without them knocking over a magazine rack or getting a death grip on a balloon (why are there balloons by the registers!!?), I consider it a win.
I also didn't stop to help a broken down car last night. It was dark, not the best road (a woman was robbed at knifepoint there when she stopped to change her baby) and there were a few houses within walking distance. My husband always stops but he also doesn't have kids in the car and knows something about cars.
Why on earth would I help bag groceries if someone is getting paid to do it for me? My grocery store is a self-bagging one, but when I find myself in a fancy one, newp.
If there isn't a bagger and the cashier is bagging, I usually help. I don't if there is a bagger. There are bags on the end separate from the ones behind the counter that the bagger/cashier use. By the time we're at checkout, I just want to hurry up and get the hell out of there.
The grocery store we use most often has people who are paid to bag your groceries and take them to the car for you. I was once admonished for trying to help bag my own groceries.
Post by penguingrrl on Mar 21, 2015 10:22:22 GMT -5
I grew up in an area where very few people didn't bag for themselves (and there aren't dedicated baggers anywhere). Now I live somewhere where the cashier bags for you and it drives me nuts. It takes longer since it's the cashier both ringing and bagging and despite the fact that I group things on the conveyor belt exactly how I want them in the bags, they never end up bagged right but I feel so weird about having them bag for me that I don't feel right micromanaging either.
And any time I try to take over and bag for myself I'm basically pushed away and it's been made clear that managers get upset if they see a customer bagging for him/herself. I can't stand it lol! It takes twice as long for the cashier to do both than it does for them to quickly scan while I quickly (and correctly) bag stuff.
Post by justbecause on Mar 21, 2015 10:24:18 GMT -5
I think it's mostly people who are jerks about waiting. If it's busy, there will be a bagger at the end of the lane but sometimes there isn't and people get pissy waiting for the cashier to scan and bag so they get petty about customers just standing there while they have to wait. I get that it's the store's problem not setting up the lanes right. I feel bad having a cashier bag up $100 of groceries while I stand there. Plus I'm trying to leave before my kids knock something over lol. I've heard people complain on Facebook about people being "too good" to bag up their stuff. Good to know that it's ridiculous and I won't feel bad now. And I have some unfriending to do.
Our store has dedicated baggers during busier times. On weekday mornings, when I go, cashiers usually bag, which takes forever. They will help each other by jumping in and bagging if their lane is empty.
Post by thecheshirekat on Mar 21, 2015 10:29:13 GMT -5
We had this discussion about supermarket bagging before and it's mainly a regional thing. I mainly shop at big Union grocery stores that have dedicated baggers, and there's no reason for me to bag anything there.
A lot of places have dedicated baggers, I get that. But if there is no bagger people actually stand there and stare at the cashier while they bag instead of helping?
Now I do because the cashiers speak up and won't let me. I can't stand it.
I think if the groceries are backing up and there's no dedicated bagger that it's kind of obnoxious to not help. This happens to me the most at traded joes. I've seen countless people stand there, looking bored & impatient, while they watch the cashier rings & then bag. I get frustrated at target because they bag as they ring, which is efficient, but they waste too many bags or don't listen when I say want everything in one cloth bag.
Post by lyingliarlies on Mar 21, 2015 12:48:22 GMT -5
I recently had a cashier double bag a single bottle of shampoo lol. And that was after I handed her a plastic bag to reuse (I had it from returning an item.) She put a shirt in that bag, & tried to use 2 new plastic bags for the shampoo because she said that she didn't want the shampoo to leak on the shirt. I was like, "um, I'm going to wash the shirt anyways???"
On a related note, I had a cashier at trader joe's tell me that my bags smelled so good & that there are so many people that bring in smelly bags. Wash your bags people!!!