I kind of feel like feeding your kids is a scam...I feel like I was tricked into thinking that if you just followed all the "rules" and gave your baby/toddler slow-roasted fresh-from-the-farmers market heritage squash with free-range salt that my offspring would just gobble it up. If I start off the "right" way with entirely homemade purees introduced in the correct order, interspersed with the ideal baby-led-weaning foods cut in perfect proportions in ideal serving sizes at the exact right time of day, then my toddler with request broccoli for his birthday dinner and blissfully never know what a french fry tastes like.
I have 2 kids, my first kid likes eating about 6 different things. I felt like somehow I had failed all the food rules and caused his pickiness. Then I had a second kid. She eats almost everything and I barely put in half as much effort into custom made baby food with her. Made me feel like I actually don't have a tonne of influence over their food preferences.
Magical birthday parties are a fucking scam! Along with holidays, just seconding that too.
Let me know if anyone has any great ideas for a magical birthday party for an 8 year old introvert who doesn’t like sweets and loud noises. And it’s in a week. Damn I wish we could just do a park party.
My kids were born in November and December and I am super jealous of parents with kids' birthdays in the warmer months when "park" is enough of a birthday idea.
I've always thought birthday parties should be the best time for the birthday boy/girl and should be what they want. Does your kid have an idea of what they would want for a party? Or what the most fun 2 hours they could think of? What about a sleepover with a couple friends?
We’re doing a cat themed birthday party. Frankly I haven’t thought that much about it because I’m also hosting thanksgiving tomorrow. I seem to only have the capacity for one event at a time.
I’m thinking about mining the ideas if Gabby’s dollhouse. We’re inviting 3 of her friends unless I can magically convince her to invite two more. We’re doing decorate your own cupcakes because she loves that. And she wants a scavenger hunt which I have no idea how to do.
Friday I will be spending a lot of time on Pinterest.
Sounds great. Don't of overthink it! I'm Canadian, so our Thanksgiving is in October and November is doldrums as far as events go. It's tough with 2 things so close together!
The "traditional" order of getting married, living together, and then procreating is a scam!
A lot of us have started cohabiting before marriage but honestly we need to start having kids before getting married as well. There are a lot of days where I question whether or not I would have married my husband at all if we had had our child first, or if he would be more of a partner than a child if he felt like it was easier to lose me because we weren't married.
-Orgasmic/fulfilling/empowering “natural” (unmedicated) births, and that birth is something that your body was meant to do - or at least making it feel as though these are attainable for everyone if you have the right mindset and “do the right things”
-The Cascade of Interventions (TM)!!!
People used to die in childbirth all.the.time. People still do.
Traumatic or difficult births are no one’s fault and yet often there’s a lot of judgement around the necessity of interventions
-the last scam - when your baby comes out it will all be worth it. I was just glad it was over
Yes!! A total scam. After having an extremely difficult pregnancy heavy with depression, nausea, heartburn, cholestasis and gestational diabetes, followed by an induced labor that took 60 hours and 6 days in the hospital - when people told me (because they weren’t asking) that it was worth it, I wanted to punch people.
And then to have people immediately ask me when I was getting pregnant again, at 38 mind you, I just no. Fuck no.
I feel like maternity photo shoots just trick you into thinking pregnancy will be the best time ever, or that you'll finally feel whole or something. I just felt like not-myself for 9 months.
Clean houses are a SCAM.
I kind of feel like feeding your kids is a scam...I feel like I was tricked into thinking that if you just followed all the "rules" and gave your baby/toddler slow-roasted fresh-from-the-farmers market heritage squash with free-range salt that my offspring would just gobble it up. If I start off the "right" way with entirely homemade purees introduced in the correct order, interspersed with the ideal baby-led-weaning foods cut in perfect proportions in ideal serving sizes at the exact right time of day, then my toddler with request broccoli for his birthday dinner and blissfully never know what a french fry tastes like.
I have 2 kids, my first kid likes eating about 6 different things. I felt like somehow I had failed all the food rules and caused his pickiness. Then I had a second kid. She eats almost everything and I barely put in half as much effort into custom made baby food with her. Made me feel like I actually don't have a tonne of influence over their food preferences.
Magical birthday parties are a fucking scam! Along with holidays, just seconding that too.
Let me know if anyone has any great ideas for a magical birthday party for an 8 year old introvert who doesn’t like sweets and loud noises. And it’s in a week. Damn I wish we could just do a park party.
My kids were born in November and December and I am super jealous of parents with kids' birthdays in the warmer months when "park" is enough of a birthday idea.
I've always thought birthday parties should be the best time for the birthday boy/girl and should be what they want. Does your kid have an idea of what they would want for a party? Or what the most fun 2 hours they could think of? What about a sleepover with a couple friends?
We’re doing a cat themed birthday party. Frankly I haven’t thought that much about it because I’m also hosting thanksgiving tomorrow. I seem to only have the capacity for one event at a time.
I’m thinking about mining the ideas if Gabby’s dollhouse. We’re inviting 3 of her friends unless I can magically convince her to invite two more. We’re doing decorate your own cupcakes because she loves that. And she wants a scavenger hunt which I have no idea how to do.
Friday I will be spending a lot of time on Pinterest.
Sounds great. Don't of overthink it! I'm Canadian, so our Thanksgiving is in October and November is doldrums as far as events go. It's tough with 2 things so close together!
I’m jealous of your Canadian thanksgiving. And you know, being Canadian
The whole “unmedicated vaginal birth being more desirable” scam really grinds my gears.
And calling it “natural birth” - all birth is natural!!!!!!
yupppppppp
Yes I couldn’t even refer to it that way in my scam list, I hate it so much! Why doesn’t anyone advocate for all natural knee surgery…oh that’s right…
You need to engage your kids all the time for "their development" scam.
The "traditional" order of getting married, living together, and then procreating is a scam!
A lot of us have started cohabiting before marriage but honestly we need to start having kids before getting married as well. There are a lot of days where I question whether or not I would have married my husband at all if we had had our child first, or if he would be more of a partner than a child if he felt like it was easier to lose me because we weren't married.
omg YES this is huge
Holidays are a scam.
This!!!!
Birth Scams:
-Orgasmic/fulfilling/empowering “natural” (unmedicated) births, and that birth is something that your body was meant to do - or at least making it feel as though these are attainable for everyone if you have the right mindset and “do the right things”
-The Cascade of Interventions (TM)!!!
People used to die in childbirth all.the.time. People still do.
Traumatic or difficult births are no one’s fault and yet often there’s a lot of judgement around the necessity of interventions
-the last scam - when your baby comes out it will all be worth it. I was just glad it was over
Yes!! A total scam. After having an extremely difficult pregnancy heavy with depression, nausea, heartburn, cholestasis and gestational diabetes, followed by an induced labor that took 60 hours and 6 days in the hospital - when people told me (because they weren’t asking) that it was worth it, I wanted to punch people.
And then to have people immediately ask me when I was getting pregnant again, at 38 mind you, I just no. Fuck no.
All the school activities that fall outside of school hours. Please no.
I feel like maternity photo shoots just trick you into thinking pregnancy will be the best time ever, or that you'll finally feel whole or something. I just felt like not-myself for 9 months.