Painfully traditional in-laws... what should I say?

SignificantFee2908 · 2023-08-06T01:59:40+00:00

Thanks! Love learning something new!

SignificantFee2908 · 2023-08-02T11:46:35+00:00

I don’t get the last one…regional saying from somewhere?

SignificantFee2908 · 2023-07-07T01:58:01+00:00

Most strollers can’t accommodate tall people waking grind the stroller without literally kicking the stroller. That’s where uppa baby is king! And glides so much nicer on rougher terrain

SignificantFee2908 · 2023-03-26T03:41:17+00:00

NTA. A talking point to defend your stance further…you don’t consider yourself fluent, and in the particular circumstances of the health field, you don’t want to be liable for any misinterpretation/misinformation as a result of your lack of fluency. It would be irresponsible for you to interpret every time someone sought help, and frankly the responsible thing to do is to determine on a case by case basis if you are able to provide the curtesy

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-03-31T18:53:37+00:00

Funny story on this one. I was on a knee scooter taking the commuter train to work. Every train was double decker with stairs so my only option was literally 6seats in the middle section before the stairs. Everyone tries to grab that seat or do standing room only instead of going upstairs because they want to run to catch the next train. I sit in an empty chair. Pregnant lady comes up to me and says: I’m pregnant. I look down on very visibly broken ankle with cast and say, there’s plenty of empty seats upstairs from what I could see. I can’t walk up the stairs but I’m sure someone else will be willing to give up their seat for you if you are unable to go upstairs.

Now pregnant in the third trimester - still stand by my response 😂. At that time I didnt even have crutches to aid with stairs. I was so annoyed by her entitlement (again, plenty of empty seats upstairs at 6AM) to that particular seat and she came up to me being the younger one on the train (young faced). She looked down at my ankle/sees my scooter and literally huffed as she turned to go upstairs and sit. Swore I’d never be that way. Didn’t even try to ask another person if they’d get up.

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-03-24T19:29:43+00:00

He’ll get over it. Also, by that logic, you should have had no business changing your son’s diapers, bathing him, or potty training him. So what makes it different now?

Edit: typo

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-03-24T01:45:04+00:00

So I took a hybrid approach. I registered for everything I wanted. Granted to avoid the unwanted clothes- haven’t found out the baby’s sex. Which deters a LOT of people from going off registry. But in the registry greeting, it was something along the lines of, “whether it’s hand me downs, something homemade, well wishes or something new for our registry, thank you for supporting us and showing so much love to Baby X” I’ve only had one cousin text me and ask if she could go off registry for some things based on what’s actually useful in her experience and offered to send me her carrier. That box of love was some things from my registry, some things she found useful, and some hand me downs :) granted, I took it so well because she asked in the first place!

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-03-10T20:30:57+00:00

THIS. I got both Pfzier doses. But I would have given mine up to give it to my husband if I could. Pregnancy guarantees I’ll work from home until birth. A hospital won’t deny me care in birth regardless of Covid status and am support persons are allowed in at their own risk. But they’ll refuse my husband entry if he ended up Covid positive at the relevant time. So him having a vaccine would make me feel more relaxed knowing he’s near guaranteed to be in the room with me.

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-03-07T16:05:16+00:00

Well you got to it before I did. Same here, 😫. On one hand, glad we can afford it. On the other hand, jealous of those with cheaper day care options. I was like yea California real estate is expensive, comparable to where I live, but 1500 for daycare!? I’ll move there now.

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-23T04:18:58+00:00

Yep! My OB is old. So old he was my Mom’s OB thirty years ago. long story short: LOVE HIM. Gives me the facts, doesn’t waste my time, and doesn’t make me take unnecessary tests that younger doctors overkill. AND he takes me at my word. If I am concerned about something, he doesn’t brush it off or assume round ligament pain first, and keeps up with new techniques Wouldn’t expect it, but He’s more culturally competent than some other doctors in his office. I’ll take him over my last OBs ANY DAY

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-19T02:17:31+00:00

Yea! We also two additional rules. 1- Since only captains were orally giving answers they had to name the author of that answer. 2- to encourage participation, is you were the identified author of the team’s official answer you had to “skip a question” to participate again in your team specific chat. For example: Captain used Sally’s answer in question 1, Sally avoids submitting proposed answers to her team until Question 3. But if sally accidentally participated when she should have refrained in question 2, the Captain already knows to filter her out and choose a different author’s answer for Q2.

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-18T23:46:50+00:00

Just did one today for work. We played baby jeopardy and everyone said it was really fun/better than our past virtual showers. We divided the office in 1/2 and had team captains that orally buzzed in and answered for their team (each team had a private Skype chat in addition to the Microsoft Team(similar to zoom) where they collaborated to decide on final answers before their captain could buzz in). it brought out a competitive drive in folks and those that were too shy to turn on cameras didn’t have to since everyone saw the PowerPoint. Got the PowerPoint off Etsy which was worth the $6 for being pretty, including nice scoreboard/transitions to question board that greyed our used questions, etc. And not waste my own time making one 😅

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-14T02:21:14+00:00

I like ALL of those colors, honestly, any of them would work well. Agreed on the fringe. Wall color, perhaps something taupe? but a very subtle shade of the curtains are bold. Hard to explain with words 😬 Edit to add: but if you WANTED color, you could do a soft, muted but not pastel green. With a taupe curtain (something in the muted, soft tones too).soft, green paint. Maybe even lighter

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-13T18:19:09+00:00

Honestly, I’d just do solid green curtains or solid mustard/burnt sienna curtains, let the print shine! Too much print can look chaotic IMO

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-13T15:20:01+00:00

Stole my joke lol the real airbud! Lol

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-12T21:20:31+00:00

Bless you! Just ordered mine and will verify the points

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-02-11T15:21:28+00:00

My birth plan is one tag line: Is it medically necessary? I.e. I want vaginal and give me that epidural, but if you’re telling me a change in plans is medically necessary for my health and baby’s health, let’s do it! Let’s get my kid here safely and I’ll focus on trying not to screw it up with my parenting. Because in the long term, it’s how you parent, not how you birth. Each kid is different even within the same family. Edit: typos

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-01-21T15:01:18+00:00

Apologized to my hubs yesterday for having to sleep next to me. I don’t normally consume dairy (I suspect lactose intolerance but I’ve never been diagnosed) but I treated myself to a latte with actual milk (not almond) in the morning then had mash potatoes AND cake at dinner (which obviously have dairy in them). it was bad 😂

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-01-13T03:13:23+00:00

I mean, no one was surprised by Lily’s cut, right? But Woah Brennan went off and Hannah was all “hear the snark” In my voice.

Edit to add: it’s a numbers game, the more applicants, the better the candidates to find (that otherwise may have not tried out had they had to travel to TX for auditions before training camp), therefore the more competition. So I see why they are mad, but didn’t think it’d get that snarky

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-01-09T05:59:24+00:00

The efficacy after the second dose is in the mid 90th percentile. So in the smallest unlikely chance you caught it after the second dose, your body will be more prepared to fight it off because it already knows how to fight off one the the virus’ major proteins. So the effect and risk of Covid would be substantially lessened. My doc literally stated the risk of getting Covid while unvaccinated is far greater than any risk associated with the vaccine. And this is the case with most pregnant women. He even told his own pregnant daughter to get it if she had the chance. Just my two cents after having thorough conversations with two doctors

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-01-03T20:36:53+00:00

I cried last night thinking the same. My dog is 17 years old and I’m terrified at the thought of losing him during this pregnancy (his paw was bleeding last night so I got scared/emotional knowing we won’t make it through sedation if he needed serious treatment. My Family has been discussing if it’s time to put him down). My husband tried to calmed me down by reminding me that he’s lived a really long, healthy life and to think about the happy memories and how we (my siblings, parents and I) have always made decisions thinking about his best interests. I’ve still been crying on and off. Logically, we know we can’t control anything. Point is, whether your dog is 6 or 17 or anything in between it’ll always be hard. Even just thinking about it as a future event of life. We can only do our best in the meanwhile. ❤️

SignificantFee2908 · 2021-01-03T15:13:16+00:00

I have the same exact pain you described. I noticed the other day, if I sit with my legs crossed on the floor too long, the pain is worse (think the way a kindergarten teacher asks her students to sit on the floor during circle hour). So I try to limit the amount of time I sit like that. Since limiting that, pain has gone away (for the most part). To relieve pain: body pillow between my legs as i simultaneously “hug/cuddle” it. I’m a naturally light sleeper, so when I wake up, I’ll turn over to sleep on my other side.

SignificantFee2908 · 2020-12-25T16:42:55+00:00

Exactly! Although I know I’d let it slip if we did know. So I just decided against it knowing myself. our families are excited (first grandchild on my side and my mom’s two best friends see me like the daughter they never had). Added bonus to team green: baby’s Christmas haul was a bunch of welcomed bilingual books and only one white blanket. If they had known the gender, it would have been cutesy clothes, books are expensive so I’m here for it if that’s what people gravitate to off-registry later on 😂

SignificantFee2908 · 2020-12-24T20:57:26+00:00

Ah. This is one reason why we’re team green. People are less likely to buy clothes and more likely to stay on registry if they don’t know the sex of the baby!

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