So DH and I didn't invite our only neighbor friends to A's party, because I didn't want them to feel awkward because they wouldn't know anyone there. They are newer friends, but we've hung out a few times. So today I find an envelope in my mailbox with a bday card and money for DD. Now I feel all awkward that we didn't invite them, because obviously they knew we had a party...they live right across the street! Now I feel like I have to msg her and explain. Gah.
Brie rewind allowed! I'm the opposite. I hate getting half naked just to put on a handsfree bra. I've never tried but it seems like a PITA. I sit crossed legged and my legs help hold up the bottles. I then use the inside of my elbows to hold them up and then massage with my hands.
Typing that out sounds way complicated. I probably look like a monkey.
Our home inspection came back and NO REAL ISSUES!! Buyers just want us to fix a few windows that don't open right. YIPPIIEEEEEEE!
So Friday I am in E's class to help with a science project. Me and some other moms are just standing around while the presenter gets everything started.
On the board there is a section with a piece of paper that had a grammatically incorrect sentence, it changes each day and first thing in the morning the kids get out their journals and write the sentence correctly.
I notice Friday's sentence. I can't remember all the errors so I will just include the one that stood out to me.
"A mystery reader is going to cum in our class today"
I point it out to the mom next to me and ask her if she notices it or if I am just a 12 year old boy. She did.
I am sure that the teacher nor the students thought anything was inappropriate but I sure was clutching my pearls.
Post by turtlegirl on Apr 29, 2015 15:08:35 GMT -5
My boss just came into the office after a Dr's appointment and an off-site meeting. She thought her due date was May 9th and it's actually May 2nd! She's totally freaking out that she's still working and her due date is in 3 days and not 10 days.
So now it's a mad rush to make sure all her loose ends are tied up and projects are passed off, etc. Ahhh! Work is about to be crazy!
So Friday I am in E's class to help with a science project. Me and some other moms are just standing around while the presenter gets everything started.
On the board there is a section with a piece of paper that had a grammatically incorrect sentence, it changes each day and first thing in the morning the kids get out their journals and write the sentence correctly.
I notice Friday's sentence. I can't remember all the errors so I will just include the one that stood out to me.
"A mystery reader is going to cum in our class today"
I point it out to the mom next to me and ask her if she notices it or if I am just a 12 year old boy. She did.
I am sure that the teacher nor the students thought anything was inappropriate but I sure was clutching my pearls.
Post by scribellesam on Apr 29, 2015 15:23:58 GMT -5
Had a fairly successful beach trip with DH, the boys, and FIL this morning. My sourpuss MIL elected to stay home and watch TV in her PJs. Fine by me.
I know they have some mobility issues due to health problems, but they haven't showered all week and frankly, my whole house smells like their sweaty body odor. It is seriously bumming me and DH out. I'm heading to the store later and he told me to pick up Febreze and air freshener to try and drown out the smell a little.
My sons legs are COVERED in bruises. Please tell me this is normal for a 2 year old? He's rough and tumble and I know he's always banging into things - so I'm not worried about the source, I'm just worried that with shorts season approaching people are going to think he's being hurt!
If they are going to worry about your son, they are definitely going to worry about my DD. We both bruise easily and she is alllll over the place so I hope people just assume it's toddlerhood.
I'm sick of everyone lauding that mother in Baltimore who smacked her son around for wanting to join the riots.
I am truly sympathetic to her. I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing if I were in her shoes, I'm sure I would lose my mind and be absolutely frantic if one of my children was trying to put herself in that kind of danger. I probably would do anything I could to stop her, and I don't fault this mother in the least for reacting the way she did in a desperate moment.
But hitting and public humiliation are NEVER good parenting tools. This is not good parenting. It is one mother's fight-or-flight response to try to keep her child from harm but it is NOT a model for how we should all be treating our kids as parents. And I hate how it has really brought the "children need more spankings to keep them in line" crowd out of the woodwork.
Ugh.
Thank you! I know a few people that have said "Best mother ever" and it just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I get the adrenaline factor and she's trying to keep her child safe, but it just seemed like an awful way to go about it. I couldn't put my finger on it.
My brother and SIL claim that niece (who will be 6 in a month) still goes to bed at 7. Not to sleep, but goes to her room for quiet time. I don't even know how we would attempt that at this point, since he just screams his head off if we try and put him to bed before he is tired. Quiet time, indeed!
I am always amazed at people who get a couple of hours to themselves after the kids to to bed. Bedtime has been at 9/9:30 ever since DST last spring. (so about 27mo old) We've tried pushing it up unsuccessfully
Same here his bedtime has been 8-8:30 since last spring. But he stalls, calls for us, claims he needs to go potty (but doesn't actually go), yadda yadda and doesn't fall asleep until 9-9:30. And wakes at 6-6:30 I can't complain too much, he still naps 1.5-3 hours a day. Today was 2.5 hours.
I am always amazed at people who get a couple of hours to themselves after the kids to to bed. Bedtime has been at 9/9:30 ever since DST last spring. (so about 27mo old) We've tried pushing it up unsuccessfully
Same here his bedtime has been 8-8:30 since last spring. But he stalls, calls for us, claims he needs to go potty (but doesn't actually go), yadda yadda and doesn't fall asleep until 9-9:30. And wakes at 6-6:30 I can't complain too much, he still naps 1.5-3 hours a day. Today was 2.5 hours.
M didn't nap on Sunday so he was asleep at 8:15 that night. It was nice, but I much prefer a mid-day nap time break over an extra hour of down time at night - plus he was crankier without the nap.
My sons legs are COVERED in bruises. Please tell me this is normal for a 2 year old? He's rough and tumble and I know he's always banging into things - so I'm not worried about the source, I'm just worried that with shorts season approaching people are going to think he's being hurt!
It's been normal for me my whole life. And I've never had low iron or had any illness that can cause bruising. Just a klutz.
Do you want to hear a story about the worst pumping experience ever?
So apparently I forgot my hands-free pump bra today. No problem, I'll just hold the flanges on, annoying but whatever. Well, I quickly realize that my boobs are too big and floppy to pump both sides efficiently without extra support. So, I manage to rig up my regular bra so it holds righty in place, but lefty will just not cooperate and I can't get good suction no matter what, even using two hands. So I pump righty and have to hand express lefty when I'm done. HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS? Total mess. BM spraying errywhere, ten different directions at once, and I'm trying to aim it into one teeny little Medela bottle, but I have to get this milk out SOMEHOW because I'm kind of sore and full already. Milk on the desk, on the carpet, and allll over the front of my dress. And that shit hurts!
Then? I leave the office and go to get some water, and an old dude CW looks at me and says "I didn't know it was raining!" because there's little droplets all over my dress. I just sort of awkwardly walk-ran away.
I just put a super easy 3 ingredient thai chicken recipe in the crockpot and hope it turns out as well as the ML ladies say it does. I need to step up my crockpot game!
My sons legs are COVERED in bruises. Please tell me this is normal for a 2 year old? He's rough and tumble and I know he's always banging into things - so I'm not worried about the source, I'm just worried that with shorts season approaching people are going to think he's being hurt!
Holy shit. I have a bunch of FB friends hidden for various reasons. I look up their pages when I'm bored. My cousin has been posting up a storm about her opinions on the situation in Baltimore and it is HORRIFYING. I don't even want to repost it, but she is just so damn smug and disgusting.
The funny thing is that she apparently has some FB friends who are both sane and willing to call her out, and she replied accusing them of starting trouble. LOLOL
I did this today, and almost replied, and then realized that they had the decency to not respond to my 5 million Facebook posts that I am sure they disagree with, so I stayed away.
I'm sick of everyone lauding that mother in Baltimore who smacked her son around for wanting to join the riots.
I am truly sympathetic to her. I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing if I were in her shoes, I'm sure I would lose my mind and be absolutely frantic if one of my children was trying to put herself in that kind of danger. I probably would do anything I could to stop her, and I don't fault this mother in the least for reacting the way she did in a desperate moment.
But hitting and public humiliation are NEVER good parenting tools. This is not good parenting. It is one mother's fight-or-flight response to try to keep her child from harm but it is NOT a model for how we should all be treating our kids as parents. And I hate how it has really brought the "children need more spankings to keep them in line" crowd out of the woodwork.
Ugh.
The first time I saw this it was a cellphone clip with sound that was posted by two of my old students. You could hear how worried she was, and when she is hitting his head, she actually trying to get his hoodie off. I agree that it isn't a display of good parenting, and I am sad that it is being labeled as such. I did however think it was a poignant moment in a time of crisis.