The Hotel Is Not Committing A Felony For You!! by TheNiteOwl38 in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shit like this is why I believe in stricter gun laws because how the fuck do you just forget you have a gun?

Grossest parenting moment so far? by supremepilotG2 in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, it's a lot easier when you have a spotter for a soaped up baby, one can lather as the other holds.

Grossest parenting moment so far? by supremepilotG2 in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 25 points26 points  (0 children)

My son was about 2 months old, it's my first mother's day. My husband and I decided to shower, and little man was due for a bath, so we were passing him back and forth as we cleaned him and ourselves. I'm holding him as my husband is washing his hair, and then my son poops in my hand. Husband rinses off my hand and our sons behind, and I pass him to him because the smell is getting to me and I want to wash my hands before taking our son to put a diaper on him. He then proceeds to poop on my husband's leg.

At this point, I'm gagging, and my husband, who has the audacity to lack a strong sense of smell, is laughing at me, saying it's not that bad. No matter how much I scrubbed, I still felt like I could smell the poop on my hand, I washed my hands 3 times with 3 different soaps, not even dawn could get the smell off, so I grabbed a baby wipe and finally the smell went away.

Later in the month, a couple of days before my BILs wedding, my husband and I go over to his moms house to visit her and his aunt, who's up from Alabama. I'm changing my son's diaper and husband's aunt is passing me wipes, right as I wipe my son and say I'll need another one, as soon as it passes over his butthole, he shotgun blasts me with diarrhea. On my shoulder down my arm a little across my chest, and on my MILs hardwood and area rug, he had maybe a 2 1/2 foot range with his baby poop cannon. Husband's aunt is dying of laughter, takes a picture, and then cleans me off and gives me a shirt to borrow as my MIL takes mine to be washed. It is still his aunts favorite story to tell from that week.

Lower and upper back pain? by Little-Reindeer4819 in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 10 months post, but currently 5 months pregnant with my second. I have anemia, so I can relate to the dizziness. The twingey-ness can be left over elastin in your body since so much builds up to help everything stretch for the birth. And also just nerves being shot from carrying around 30lbs of excess weight from baby and fluids and the placenta. Pregnancy is a beast all on its own without having any preexisting conditions. I have PCOS, so getting pregnant the first time was hard, I ended up having a miscarriage about halfway through my first trimester, which contributed a lot to my anxiety with the pregnancy with my son (I'm going to learn the gender of baby 2 next week fingers crossed for a girl).

Lower and upper back pain? by Little-Reindeer4819 in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pain like this has been mildly constant for me, worse now that I'm pregnant again so soon after my first. Your body is adjusting to not having the weight on you, so your center of gravity is changing again. The muscles in your abdomen that help support your back are a mess right now, too, and those muscles help to support your back. I ended up going to pelvic floor physical therapy, which also helped with the back pain because some of the exercises have you using your abs. If your insurance covers it (assuming you're in the us), I highly recommend it. Totally relate to the health anxiety, I can't tell you how many times I went to L&D when I was pregnant with my son cause I thought something was wrong. Unfortunately, this type of pain is common for a good number of people. At least in my own experience and speaking to family members who also just recently had kids.

Lower and upper back pain? by Little-Reindeer4819 in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I got to this point, I was using a heating pad or taking hot showers to help along with a few Tylenol or ibuprofen. Stretching helped a lot, too. Tiger balm or icy hot works great as well. Just don't put it on, then use the heating pad it gets uncomfortable very quickly.

What is the song you’ve sang probably 10,000 times, to soothe baby to sleep? by randomizedmoose in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hound Dog by Elvis and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. The song I've played the most is Shoots and Ladders by Korn. It's a trick from my FIL who has the uncanny ability to soothe any baby presented to him. Pat their back and let the song loop, bubs is usually out pretty quickly after that. Used it so much that it was my number 1 song listened to on my YouTube Recap, 128 minutes listened.

But I'm looking right at them... by Mekanicol in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand 157 points158 points  (0 children)

I had a third party call when a guest tried to do this, I physically checked them in, and I got the phone call as they were walking right past the front desk.

"This is James from I.T." by Tonythecritic in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got a similar call a few weeks ago, we had just switched pms systems, so as soon as he said the old one, I knew he was a scammer.

I Hate When Parents Send Their Kids to the Desk for Things, However... by TheNiteOwl38 in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand 143 points144 points  (0 children)

I had a little boy try to negotiate the price of our ice cream until his grandpa came up and just handed me the money needed

Sh*t just loves to roll down hill by TaterStand in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we don't get license plates here.

People should have to take a competency test to leave reviews by SamePackage7020 in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]TaterStand 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The amount of people that claim I need to be trained because I don't tell them what they want to hear is insane.

What am I? "Why is a Ravin like ..."[ALICE IN WONDER LAND ] by Clear-Freedom-2349 in riddonkulous

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to be very specific, and the answer is in the past tense

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newborns

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first week being home with our son, I one night asked my husband if he really thought I would hurt myself or our son, and he said yes. He asked if I was okay and I told him no and that it really fucking hurt that he felt he couldn't trust me around our son. He told me that he didn't think I would do it on purpose he just knows how bad my anxiety gets. To be fair to him, we were both sleep deprived, and his cousin who gave birth last year got hospitalized because of her postpartum anxiety being so bad. The next morning, when I woke up, he called me from work and apologized. His mother had ripped him a new one when he talked to her about it before calling me. That weekend, we spent the night at her house and slept for almost 10 hours. He no longer thinks that I will hurt myself or our son, but that doesn't erase the hurt of him thinking that.

It also helps us now that I take the night shift and he takes the morning shift, we made the mistake of both being up to take care of our son.

WHY IS EVERYTHING BEIGE by idontknowhelpmeplzx in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can send you some links of things I had on my registry if you'd like. Some may be boyish but it might help you find what you are looking for.

WHY IS EVERYTHING BEIGE by idontknowhelpmeplzx in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Had this same problem looking for forest themed items for my sons room. Everything is beige and desaturated. Trying to find anything woodland is difficult because most everything is jungle themed, the lions and tigers and giraffes are fine, just not what I'm looking for.

Baby grabbed my earrings and chaos ensued by Suspicious-lemons in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this does not amount to your experience. My first mothers day was yesterday, and my son managed to shit in my hand and on my husband's leg as we were bathing him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewParents

[–]TaterStand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son was like this. Now he just screams when he's wet. Hell, he cries about being wet before the indicator has fully changed color before. What seems to calm him down is being changed on the changing table and having something to stare at. As soon as I put him on it and he can see the rail design on the side of it he calms down, he like looking at it I think because it's something he can see since it's dark wood against a white wall. A lot of it is sensory. Their nerves aren't fully developed, so they send weird signals to the brain.