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UO's
Let's hear it!
I'll start--I guess it's unpopular for a baby to not sleep in their parents' room? G has been in his crib in his room since day 1 and I never realized how unpopular/uncommon this is until I spent some time on the Bump....
I'll start--I guess it's unpopular for a baby to not sleep in their parents' room? G has been in his crib in his room since day 1 and I never realized how unpopular/uncommon this is until I spent some time on the Bump....
Re: UO's
I have friends who have put their children in their own room since the very beginning...I totally thought it was uncommon for babies to sleep in their parents' room, so I had the complete opposite thought of you.
No real UO's here just yet...
I don't think room sharing is as unpopular as bed sharing. That's my UO I suppose
I think bed sharing is perfectly acceptable. We did it with #1 and now with #2. We do it in a safe way and I love the snuggle time. It also makes nighttime feedings a lot easier. To each their own, but it works for us. I think people have the misconception it is unsafe, but I disagree. You just have to be smart about it.
My UO---My primary reason for being childless may be the dumbest reason of all time: sleep. Finances? Nah...we'd be ok. Being away from family? Sad, but we could make it. Demanding work schedules? Not so much. In fact if I switched to a 7-8 hour/day set schedule I'd actually be doing MORE work than I currently am, I think. Instead, it's that I LOVE to sleep. Love it. Last night I did some work, went to the grocery at midnight, watched some TV, and went to bed around 2. I set my alarm for 11, but given the chance, I would have slept for another hour. I have a feeling that you can't train a baby/toddler to be on that kind of schedule and I'd be SO sad to give it up. I guess that can be how I know I really want a baby---if I've decided that sacrificing sleep for it sounds like a good idea.
I can totally relate to this. I am a sleeper, married to a guy who I'm convinced could thrive on 4 hours of sleep a night. I feel guilty about it sometimes, but I NEED a minimum of 8 hours. I've thought a lot about how this might affect me when a baby comes along. H's cousin shares our love of snoozing, though, and she apparently adjusted just fine. If I ever get pregnant, I'll be your guinea pig.
Baha - I meant I thought it was common for babies to sleep in their parents' rooms...whoops on the typo.
I co-slept, too...totally didn't see an issue with it, especially since I took a lot of precautions. It helped a lot during the few months JJ had a breathing issue - I got more sleep because I wasn't up all the time checking his crib to make sure he was breathing OK.
Some people I know are freaking out about Steve Jobs having to step down at Apple. I mentioned it on Twitter yesterday, but mainly because I'm sad health has forced him out - pancreatic cancer took my FIL, and it was a painful process for H. I can't imagine what Steve's going through. But my friends are like, "OMG, Apple's going to die, Steve Jobs is gone"...um, no. It'll be fine, I'm sure.
The more I learn about Rhianna, the less sorry I feel for her and the MORE sorry I feel for him.
That's all!
What have you learned about Rihanna? I am DEFINITELY not a fan of her, but I still think he's a d-bag for what he did.
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Yeah, as much as we want to have a baby...this is the thing I worry the most about. Losing my sleep schedule and lounge/free time schedule. Guess we'll figure it out!
Oh, I agree, he is a d-bag for what he did but..I don't think she is all that innocent. The walking around half naked, the s.e.x. tape, the S&M song - especially the S&M song - that is just in poor taste after all of that.
And in general, I don't like her anyway so...there you have it.
Indeed. She just seems like rough behavior is something she would like, if her music is any indicator of her wants and desires. Some people aren't meant to be together, and bring out the worst in each other. I do hope that was the case between her and Chris Brown. Of the two, I much prefer his music.
You said it much better than I did. Plus, according to Hip Hop magazine, she used to punch and hit him all the time but this time he fought back.
He didn't walk away from that altercation unscathed. Domestic abuse can go both ways. I'm not saying that she "deserved" anything...but that perhaps neither is innocent, and that neither is totally guilty. But, I find her, most of the time, to be tacky in her choice of lyrics.
I just typed a big long thing out and decided it was best to save it for FFFC. ::sigh::
You're only an hour away from Friday. Go ahead and start FFFC now!
I'm def in the minority, because I LOVE Rihanna. And Chris Brown. Not together in a relationship of course. But her CD is seriously amazing...as is his. I really don't know which one I like better of the two musically.
And I like it rough too. BLAM
I saw that yesterday - I was going to go see him in Dallas because I thought he wasn't coming to OKC. I saw T-Pain when he and Lil Wayne came in March '09, so I wouldn't mind seeing him again, too. Now to convince friends to go with me...
HOLY FLUCKING SHIIT.
I know I'm late to this, but I can't believe some of you are somehow insinuating what Chris Brown did was less bad because Rihanna has consequently had a song about (consensual) rough sex.
As someone who sometimes likes it a little rough (again, consensually) AND has been in an abusive relationship, the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
I'm also beyond insulted that men can have suggestive lyrics, but women can't. I love me a good dirrrrrty song, and like them even more from women. Own your own sexuality FFS. You get to enjoy it just as much as a man.
Wow---I somehow missed the Rihanna stuff originally (it got linked on P&CE, which is where I saw it) but
to this.
I have to believe that there's no way that either Puppy or Fuzzy truly think that anything excuses domestic violence. I hope the above just reads poorly.
That said, yes, sometimes there is mutual violence in a relationship. BUT the vast majority of the time, female on male violence is either, 1., retaliatory/defensive and/or 2., not nearly as damaging as male on female violence. The pattern is rarely "she slaps him, he slaps her back with equal force." Instead, if a woman initiates violence, it's often "she slaps him, he punches her and breaks her arm."
- Signed, the woman who likes to be in control in the boardroom but controlled in the bedroom