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Post by duskymonkey on Jun 29, 2017 7:16:40 GMT -6
What's irking some of you this week?
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Post by duskymonkey on Jun 29, 2017 7:22:45 GMT -6
It really bothers me everytime I see a recipe on Pinterest for like 3 or 5 ingredient recipes and it's just a hoax. I mean meat +, Canned pineapple + BBQ sauce isn't 3 ingredients! BBQ Sauce already has 500 ingredients in it esp. bottled one. Unless you make the sauce yourselves there's still like at least 5 ingredients in the sauce. Ever time I see this I get disappointed.
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Post by thatgirlrachel on Jun 29, 2017 9:46:23 GMT -6
I don't see the appeal of the Dockatot. Maybe if it were like $30 it would be nice to have, but I don't see what makes it worth $165.
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Post by racegurl87 on Jun 29, 2017 11:25:31 GMT -6
I don't see the appeal of the Dockatot. Maybe if it were like $30 it would be nice to have, but I don't see what makes it worth $165. I've never heard of it... what is it? |
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Post by duskymonkey on Jun 29, 2017 11:35:15 GMT -6
I don't see the appeal of the Dockatot. Maybe if it were like $30 it would be nice to have, but I don't see what makes it worth $165. I've never heard of it... what is it? I have but don't know what it is either. Off to google. BBL |
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Post by thatgirlrachel on Jun 29, 2017 11:46:04 GMT -6
This is it:  I just don't see $165 there, but it's all over social media as the be-all for new moms. |
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Post by racegurl87 on Jun 29, 2017 12:10:57 GMT -6
This is it: I just don't see $165 there, but it's all over social media as the be-all for new moms. So it's basically a co-sleeper? $165 for a co-sleeper they're going to grow out of in a couple weeks |
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Post by racegurl87 on Jun 29, 2017 12:18:51 GMT -6
Here's my OU: I don't get having a shower for every child past your first. Two of H's cousins (they live on the east coast so we never see them) had their second and fifth babies recently and both had showers for them.
I feel it looks a bit gift grabby to have baby showers (or sprinkles) for kids other than your first. You (in theory) should've kept stuff from your first if you knew you wanted another.
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Post by thatgirlrachel on Jun 29, 2017 13:13:06 GMT -6
This is it: *snip* I just don't see $165 there, but it's all over social media as the be-all for new moms. So it's basically a co-sleeper? $165 for a co-sleeper they're going to grow out of in a couple weeks And, there are cosleepers for much less. I've seen some people rave about using it for travel, but I don't see how it is anymore convenient than another cosleeper. I just can't wrap my head around the price. If anyone has experience or input to help explain the secret, please let me know! |
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Post by rebeccabunch on Jun 29, 2017 14:47:33 GMT -6
This is it: I just don't see $165 there, but it's all over social media as the be-all for new moms. How is the side of this thing any different from a bumper on a crib? I think about this with a lot of different baby contraption things. This isn't a pro bumper aurgument (never had them) just wondering why a baby can't get their nose pressed up against this side thing. |
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Post by littleowl913 on Jun 29, 2017 15:03:25 GMT -6
Here's my OU: I don't get having a shower for every child past your first. Two of H's cousins (they live on the east coast so we never see them) had their second and fifth babies recently and both had showers for them. I feel it looks a bit gift grabby to have baby showers (or sprinkles) for kids other than your first. You (in theory) should've kept stuff from your first if you knew you wanted another. Agree but for some reason I don't find sprinkles offensive as long as they are small and informal. |
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Post by racegurl87 on Jun 29, 2017 15:04:58 GMT -6
Here's my OU: I don't get having a shower for every child past your first. Two of H's cousins (they live on the east coast so we never see them) had their second and fifth babies recently and both had showers for them. I feel it looks a bit gift grabby to have baby showers (or sprinkles) for kids other than your first. You (in theory) should've kept stuff from your first if you knew you wanted another. Agree but for some reason I don't find sprinkles offensive as long as they are small and informal. The ones I've seen have basically been a baby shower that's called a "sprinkle" |
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Post by thatgirlrachel on Jun 29, 2017 15:16:03 GMT -6
rebeccabunch, I've wondered the same thing. I *think* it's much smaller than it looks in the picture, so it doesn't really allow baby to move much to have that risk. But if so, they literally have to grow out of it in a few weeks. So I have no idea.
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Post by chitownsully on Jun 29, 2017 15:31:36 GMT -6
Agree but for some reason I don't find sprinkles offensive as long as they are small and informal. The ones I've seen have basically been a baby shower that's called a "sprinkle" I am very much 'to each their own' on sprinkles / baby showers for baby #2+. If it offends you, don't go. That said, I'm not having one. But I have a lot of guilt over not "celebrating" #2 as much as DD's pregnancy was celebrated. It just makes me sad. |
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Post by riverraine on Jun 29, 2017 17:42:50 GMT -6
rebeccabunch , I've wondered the same thing. I *think* it's much smaller than it looks in the picture, so it doesn't really allow baby to move much to have that risk. But if so, they literally have to grow out of it in a few weeks. So I have no idea. Same question here. |
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Post by mkrupar on Jun 29, 2017 19:37:47 GMT -6
The ones I've seen have basically been a baby shower that's called a "sprinkle" I am very much 'to each their own' on sprinkles / baby showers for baby #2+. If it offends you, don't go. That said, I'm not having one. But I have a lot of guilt over not "celebrating" #2 as much as DD's pregnancy was celebrated. It just makes me sad. I never thought about about the lack of celebration for 2.0. It is sad it's deemed tacky to celebrate a second, third, etc in the same way we celebrate a 1st. There won't be a shower for 2.0, but I'm thinking about having a house warming/meet the baby party after he arrives to celebrate. Mostly I want an excuse to eat cake. |
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Post by Taitai on Jun 29, 2017 20:01:01 GMT -6
Alright...so we're probably getting a dockatot for baby #2, and that is solely due to the fact that we have at least 4 international trips (including a round-trip transpacific one) planned for when this baby is between 0-6 months old. The dockatot can be used from 0-8 months...the bottom unclips so the baby's feet can stick out if they get too long for it.
I plan on using this glorified baby dog bed for naps/sleeping while traveling and for when the baby needs to sleep on the plane.
DS was the worst ever at sleeping and basically only slept in a rock 'n play from 0-6 months. When we traveled, that meant we either had to pack the rnp (which was a huge pain, because it required us to disassemble it) or our $200 plus baby Bjorn travel crib (which is/was the only travel crib he would sleep in). Because the Bjorn was flat - it was a real crap shoot on whether he'd actually sleep in it while traveling. DS also refused to sleep in bassinets provided by the airlines or in a Graco bassinet we purchased. Sooo...most of the time DS slept on my lap in the boppy on the plane. At hotels, same thing - he would only nap on the boppy in my lap, because he hated hotel cribs and wouldn't tolerate the bijorn travel crib until he was older. 24 hour plus plane rides were a nightmare for me, and nap times at hotels sucked. I couldn't move or do anything. Night time at hotels was just a total disaster too, and I ended up co sleeping with DS in a hotel queen while DH slept in the other queen. Not ideal, and I wish I would have had something like the dockatot to put DS in. I think DS would have slept well in it on the plane seat or during naps on the hotel bed (while little enough).
If you look at the risk of having your baby sleep in a rnp vs the dockatot, I think it's the same. The sides come up on both of them, and I know plenty of parents and pediatricians who don't mind if kids 0-6 months sleep in the rnp. So that doesn't bother me as much with the dockatot.
I feel like the dockatot is really portable and it basically has rave reviews from parents who travel a lot and have kids who are hard to get to sleep. So, if spending $165 (with 15% off registry completion discount and 5% red card discount) gives me more sleep while we travel - I'm game. We're also in the fortunate position to afford it. Totally understand why some people would pass though.
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Post by Taitai on Jun 30, 2017 0:36:53 GMT -6
And I just realized my UO is that I'm probably going to buy a friggin dockatot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by arimaythea on Jun 30, 2017 6:43:14 GMT -6
I own a DockATot, but the "grand" size for DS. We absolutely failed at sleep training DS - he's been bed sharing with us since he was 6 months old. We would always sleep spooning up against me and nursing all through the night, and once I got pregnant I needed more flexibility in my sleeping positions (and to wean from nursing because ouch). I bought the Grand size about a month or two ago. It has been a Godsend to toddler bed sharing, as it keeps him happy that he is still in bed with us, but it puts him in his own little area of the bed so I can roll over and use pillows as needed.
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Post by Taitai on Jun 30, 2017 6:59:56 GMT -6
I own a DockATot, but the "grand" size for DS. We absolutely failed at sleep training DS - he's been bed sharing with us since he was 6 months old. We would always sleep spooning up against me and nursing all through the night, and once I got pregnant I needed more flexibility in my sleeping positions (and to wean from nursing because ouch). I bought the Grand size about a month or two ago. It has been a Godsend to toddler bed sharing, as it keeps him happy that he is still in bed with us, but it puts him in his own little area of the bed so I can roll over and use pillows as needed. This is basically me. DS started coming in the bed consistently at 6 months and I would nurse him through the night to get any semblance of sleep until DS was 2. Then I got pregnant and had all my complications, so DS was night weaned and relegated to his crib or sleeping in a full sized bed on the floor with DH. DS loves to sleep with his head in the crook of our arm, so I feel like he would looove the dockatot grand. I didn't even know this dockatot thing existed until a few days ago. |
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Post by duskymonkey on Jun 30, 2017 11:25:49 GMT -6
I initially thought dockatot was a fancy electronic device thingy until yesterday. Never bothered to look into it. Definitely not for me/us. DS slept in his crib for the most part in the same room with us until he was 2. We did have an issue with him sleeping with us in bed around 6-8 months too but managed to get him back into his crib. It was hard and lots of tears involved but it was better for all of us. We all got better sleep out of it. No matter how difficult I do recommend some sort of "sleep training" if you are willing and if it is suitable for your child. DS isn't by far "sleep trained" in the common method. We still "sleep" with DS every night until he falls asleep in his room/bed. We gradually transitioned him to a full sized bed at the end of last yr so we could do this. Not sure now how all this is going to work when fella#2 shows up. Guess we'll continue to fly by the seat of our pants. I think every family/child situation is so different and there arent any textbook rules you'd need to follow. They're there just for guidelines and you do what is suitable, appropriate and comfortable in the best interest for your family. I do have to say that if I had GOBS of cash! I would get this. Why...pfffft! cos Yves Behar!  |
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