August Chit Chat for Ladies Due in Sept/Oct/Nov

[Mochagirl]

Ok, now I'm curious, auroara - what gift did dh not approve of and why?

[auroara78]

Actually there were two of them, but they were very similiar--one said "little diva" in silver and had an animal print tutu attached to the back where the butt woudl be...and the other one was pink with a smiliar animal print tutu on the back and it read "Princess"...he hates anything that says "princess" on it, but he's gonna have to get over that, because ton of girl clothing has that on it! I'll snap a pic and try to get it up tonight so ya'll can see....they are not my faves either, I prefer sweet, cute and innocent little baby clothes, but I didn't get appalled by it like he did.

[Mochagirl]

Yeah, I'm not fond of the 'princess' baby stuff and am trying my hardest to avoid it, but you're right that it's everywhere so I'm bound to get some as present too.

It was similar when I was pregnant with my boys - people kept buying me stuff either covered with sports motifs or in camouflage print, both of which I didn't like. I think most of those things either never got worn or were just worn for one token photo op for the gift giver.

[Hobbermittens]

I hate the princess stuff too! I don't like the message it sends. I also don't like how all the boy stuff has sports on it, either. I wish clothes were more gender neutral.

[Mochagirl]

I totally agree, Hobber. I'm also not fond of all the licensed character clothing out there. I prefer plain colours/patterns in general rather than Winnie The Pooh/Dora/Diego/Mickey Mouse or other stuff like that on baby clothes. It's different when your kids are older and actually want to wear clothes with their favourite characters on them (I can't count the number of Super Mario shirts in this house ), but why force commercialism on an innocent baby still untouched by all that stuff?

[Hobbermittens]

Yeah, I couldn't agree more! I really hate all the Disney princesses, My Little Pony, Minnie Mouse, etc. and purposely avoid stuff with those characters on it. And why do they insist on putting Spiderman on all the boy stuff?

[Mochagirl]

Yeah, I couldn't agree more! I really hate all the Disney princesses, My Little Pony, Minnie Mouse, etc. and purposely avoid stuff with those characters on it. And why do they insist on putting Spiderman on all the boy stuff?

Luckily for me, my kids have never cared for Spiderman, so that stuff has yet to infiltrate our house.

[Mochagirl]

I am in total nesting mode today. We've finally had some cool, rainy weather after a 2 month long, steamy hot drought, so I've been cleaning non-stop. I spent the entire day cleaning the living room/dining room - moving all the furniture, vacuuming and mopping, organising the millions of tiny toys that were invading every corner of the room, scrubbing marker drawings and stickers left on the hardwood, etc. Phew! Of course, it'll probably take the boys about 3 seconds to undo all of the work I've done (they were downstairs playing much of the day), but for right now it looks great!

[Hobbermittens]

My son does like spiderman a little, but he is into other stuff more, like ocean animals. He used to love Thomas the Train, though, so we had a LOT of Thomas stuff here for a while! It didn't bother me too much, though. Thomas is pretty tame.

Is it possible for the baby to press on my actual stomach? I cannot imagine how it can be up that high, because I can feel feet/hands/ something way low in my pelvis, but something is making my stomach hurt--the actual organ of my stomach. Itcomes and goes and feels like pressure/pain. Maybe the baby is stretching a leg up there and kicking at it?

[laughinglynxie]

I'm also not a fan of the licensed characters, etc. on clothing. Our one exception for our son is Batman. We have a really cute comic book styled shirt that he adores and then the jammies that look like Batman (with the cape and stuff). And I also agree that I don't really like "diva" or "princess" for girls. I feel like if they made a boy equivalent it would say something like "douchebag" or "jerk" on it. LOL. Maybe I'm a little extreme on that one, but I dunno these days...

My DH has no qualms about getting a vasectomy. I'm sure he'll be sort of nervous about it, but it's such a simple in and out procedure. He has known plenty of other guys that have done it and I've discussed with him that it is the safest and least painful option between the two of us. Guys just are way too protective of their junk. I agree, we have to share our bodies SO MUCH. The least a man can do is be part of the birth control process.