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Great advice so far! My hubby and I DEFINITELY need a vacation from our 4 pets!! I'm also trying to get into better shape beforehand...The books I won't have time to read anymore?????? :) Psssshhh... after I have a baby, I'm quitting work, so I'll still have time... :) (A little anyway. No more book challenges, I think...)
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby (Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby (Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
8. It's really important to remember babies and children are small people. They have rights and feelings, and opinions. They are not posessions.
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby (Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
8. If you're asking - can we afford to raise a child to 18 years of age and pay for college, is this the right time or should we bring a child int the world in its present shape, I'd have to say you're asking the wrong questions. More appropriate questions that get to the heart of parenting is how selfish are we right now and how selfless are we willing to become? AND realize that as a child grows, he/she is a mirror and a magnifying glass to both of you of your strenghts and weknesses. While loving, caring for and rearing a child, you will be molding them, but they are also being used to bring growth and change in both of you. AND how ready is your spouse to share you with a baby? Becoming a parent is a big step in life. My husband and I both feel it's the best thing we've done in our lives and we are definitely better people for being parents of 2 and grandparents of 4!
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby (Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
8. If you're asking - can we afford to raise a child to 18 years of age and pay for college, is this the right time or should we bring a child int the world in its present shape, I'd have to say you're asking the wrong questions. More appropriate questions that get to the heart of parenting is how selfish are we right now and how selfless are we willing to become? AND realize that as a child grows, he/she is a mirror and a magnifying glass to both of you of your strenghts and weknesses. While loving, caring for and rearing a child, you will be molding them, but they are also being used to bring growth and change in both of you. AND how ready is your spouse to share you with a baby? Becoming a parent is a big step in life. My husband and I both feel it's the best thing we've done in our lives and we are definitely better people for being parents of 2 and grandparents of 4!
9. Get some experience with children if you don't already have it. See their good sides as well as their bad sides. Go to volunteer at a children's hospital, girl/boy scouts, babysit, etc.. Ask people questions (new parents, parents whose kids are grown, people with well-behaved children, people with little hellions), read books, attend parenting classes...EDUCATE your self as if there were going to be a test later...but take everything with a grain of salt because if there were one right way to raise a child, they would come issued with a manual.
These are all really great. In response to #7: (Warning: This might be considered TMI...) I'm all about breastfeeding. All the nutrients, etc. the baby will get is reason enough, but then there's also the fact that it's free food for the kid AND it's supposed to be one of the best ways to get rid of the baby weight. I'm all over it (unless the baby turns out to be lactose intolerant like I was, I guess...).
In response to #8: I think you really hit the nail on the head there, because you can get by with surprisingly little money, and the world isn't going to get any better. I feel very selfish, and but I also feel like parenthood is the only thing that could force me to get over myself--to make me grow and change for the better, since I'll REALLY WANT to be better for my children. I think this is the thing that scares me the most--can I really do that? My husband and I are definitely on the same page, except I think he wants more kids than I do...
In response to #9: I have a lot of experience with kids--I have 3 younger siblings, babysat all the time as a teenager and some a bit more recently with my husband, there are rugrats running all around our church, I substituted at a middle school for 6 weeks, I teach a Bible class to 12 teenagers every morning.... I have lots of friends with kids. And yes--all children are different and need to be raised differently. You speak the truth!
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, climate, holidays..etc.)
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, climate, holidays..etc.)
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2.Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, Climate, Holidays etc..)
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2.Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, Climate, Holidays etc..)
sorry was posting off of a different page I guess
Top 10 pieces of advice you'd give someone who was thinking about having their first baby
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
8. If you're asking - can we afford to raise a child to 18 years of age and pay for college, is this the right time or should we bring a child int the world in its present shape, I'd have to say you're asking the wrong questions. More appropriate questions that get to the heart of parenting is how selfish are we right now and how selfless are we willing to become? AND realize that as a child grows, he/she is a mirror and a magnifying glass to both of you of your strenghts and weknesses. While loving, caring for and rearing a child, you will be molding them, but they are also being used to bring growth and change in both of you. AND how ready is your spouse to share you with a baby? Becoming a parent is a big step in life. My husband and I both feel it's the best thing we've done in our lives and we are definitely better people for being parents of 2 and grandparents of 4!
9. Get some experience with children if you don't already have it. See their good sides as well as their bad sides. Go to volunteer at a children's hospital, girl/boy scouts, babysit, etc.. Ask people questions (new parents, parents whose kids are grown, people with well-behaved children, people with little hellions), read books, attend parenting classes...EDUCATE your self as if there were going to be a test later...but take everything with a grain of salt because if there were one right way to raise a child, they would come issued with a manual.
10. Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, Climate, Holidays etc..)
Top 10 Hunks?
(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.
5. Think of all the books you won't have time to read any more... and those books that risk being mauled on or barfed upon. And the sleepless nights and smelly poo and the rest of your life left revolving around someone else...
6. Be realistic about the fact that your life will never, ever be the same. Children are still your responsibility until YOU die.
7. Think about breastfeeding, it doesn't always come naturally to everyone and don't beat yourself up over it if you are unable to breastfeed. But if you can it's the best feeling in the world to sit and look down at your nursing baby.
8. If you're asking - can we afford to raise a child to 18 years of age and pay for college, is this the right time or should we bring a child int the world in its present shape, I'd have to say you're asking the wrong questions. More appropriate questions that get to the heart of parenting is how selfish are we right now and how selfless are we willing to become? AND realize that as a child grows, he/she is a mirror and a magnifying glass to both of you of your strenghts and weknesses. While loving, caring for and rearing a child, you will be molding them, but they are also being used to bring growth and change in both of you. AND how ready is your spouse to share you with a baby? Becoming a parent is a big step in life. My husband and I both feel it's the best thing we've done in our lives and we are definitely better people for being parents of 2 and grandparents of 4!
9. Get some experience with children if you don't already have it. See their good sides as well as their bad sides. Go to volunteer at a children's hospital, girl/boy scouts, babysit, etc.. Ask people questions (new parents, parents whose kids are grown, people with well-behaved children, people with little hellions), read books, attend parenting classes...EDUCATE your self as if there were going to be a test later...but take everything with a grain of salt because if there were one right way to raise a child, they would come issued with a manual.
10. Plan the right time for the baby's birth (Zodiac, Climate, Holidays etc..)
Top 10 Hunks?
Top 10 Hunks?1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
Top 10 Hunks?1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
Top 10 Hunks?
1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
Top 10 Hunks?1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
6. Hugh Jackman
Top 10 Hunks?
1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Orlando Bloom
1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Orlando Bloom
ironic but we all kinda like the same hunks!
Top 10 Hunks? 1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Orlando Bloom
8. Hugh Laurie (for those of us a little older) :)
Top 10 Hunks?1. Richard Armitage
2. Matthew McConaughey
3. Johnny Depp
4. Henry Cavill (scrum)
5. Ashton Kutcher
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Orlando Bloom
8. Hugh Laurie (for those of us a little older) :)
9. Alan Rickman (he's old enough to be my gradad probably but oh well!)
10. Josh Groban : ) (his voice and personality really add to the attraction)
Top 10 Books - Memoir
Top 10 Books - Memoir 1. The Glass Castle
Top 10 Books - Memoir1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
Top 10 Books - Memoir1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
Top 10 Books - Memoir1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. Night - Elie Wiesel
Top 10 Books - Memoir 1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. Night - Elie Wiesel
7. In the presence of my enemies by Gracia Bernham (I HIGHLY recommend this book!!)
Top 10 Books - Memoir 1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. Night - Elie Wiesel
7. In the presence of my enemies by Gracia Bernham 8. Nowhere in Africa by Stefanie Zweig (this is a 6 star book on a 5 star scale)
Top 10 Books - Memoir1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. Night - Elie Wiesel
7. In the presence of my enemies by Gracia Bernham
8. Nowhere in Africa by Stefanie Zweig (this is a 6 star book on a 5 star scale)
9.When God Looked the Other Way An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption by Wesley Adamczyk
Top 10 Books - Memoir1. The Glass Castle
2. Lucky
3. Beautiful Boy
4. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. Night - Elie Wiesel
7. In the presence of my enemies by Gracia Bernham
8. Nowhere in Africa by Stefanie Zweig (this is a 6 star book on a 5 star scale)
9.When God Looked the Other Way An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption by Wesley Adamczyk
10. Chinese Cinderella The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty
7. Black Girl White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (my next TBR)
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty
7. Black Girl White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (my next TBR)
8. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty
7. Black Girl White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (my next TBR)
8. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
9. Where the River Ends by Charles Martin (GR author)
Top Ten Books on Your TBR Pile 1. Christ in Concrete by Pietro di Donato
2. World Without End - Ken Follett
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America- Jennifer Storm
5. A Great and Terrible Beauty
7. Black Girl White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates 8. Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
9. Where the River Ends by Charles Martin
10.White Tiger
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!)
1. Nose-picking
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. TAlk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. TAlk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!)
1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. TAlk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. TAlk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. TAlk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
6. Knuckle cracking.... ick. Like nails on a chalkboard!
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. Talk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
6. Knuckle cracking.... ick. Like nails on a chalkboard!
7. Burping/belching without any attempt at restraint. I've overheard someone at a nearby table at a restaurant just let a belch rip. It's so gross!
Sowmya wrote: " Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
My mom is notorious for doing this. I'm always saying to her, "The person holding the steering wheel gets to make ALL the decisions involving the car, including where to park it!" Can't say she's stopped doing it, but it does silence her "input" for that moment!
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!)1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. Talk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
6. Knuckle cracking.... ick. Like nails on a chalkboard!
7. Burping/belching without any attempt at restraint. I've overheard someone at a nearby table at a restaurant just let a belch rip. It's so gross!
8. Wearing pants that don't cover your bum or your underwear! I don't need to see their underpants (totally NOT sexy!) and there's too much crack out there without adding the anatomical kind.
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. Talk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
6. Knuckle cracking.... ick. Like nails on a chalkboard!
7. Burping/belching without any attempt at restraint. I've overheard someone at a nearby table at a restaurant just let a belch rip. It's so gross!
8. Spitting. Please don't!
Top ten disgusting habits you don't like to see (or do!) 1. Nose-picking
2. Nail biting
3. Talk to someone on the phone while eating - sounds disgusting on the other end!!
4. Farting - sometimes it's funny but most of the time it makes me feel sick!
5. Back seat driving ( someone riding with you constantly telling how to drive!)
6. Knuckle cracking.... ick. Like nails on a chalkboard!
7. Burping/belching without any attempt at restraint. I've overheard someone at a nearby table at a restaurant just let a belch rip. It's so gross!
8. Wearing pants that don't cover your bum or your underwear! I don't need to see their underpants (totally NOT sexy!) and there's too much crack out there without adding the anatomical kind.
9. Spitting. Please don't!
10. Throwing lighted cigarettes on the ground for someone else to grind out.
Top ten tv shows that make you laugh
1) Sharon Osbourne's Charm School
Top ten tv shows that make you laugh 1) Sharon Osbourne's Charm School
2. Family Guy
Top ten tv shows that make you laugh1) Sharon Osbourne's Charm School
2. Family Guy
3.) The Soup
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(Make 'em good, I need advice!)
1. Make sure you are financially stable enough to do so.
2. You can't spoil a baby under 6 months old - and they actually succeed better in life if they are loved and know it from birth.
3. Receiving blankets are the best burp cloths.
4. Take a nice vacation with your significant other before trying to get pregnant.