Life After I "Dew"

I feel the same way about a lot of these things. Like the little's sleeping with a plethora of toys...Um...NO! Just blanket, lovey and binky...that's it! As for the return of the blonde locks...yup! I'm totally loving it on you! SOOO much better!!

HI! I stumbled upon your blog a few days ago.
I agree with you about a lot of these things, too. Especially about being turned off by "favorite" bloggers. I just started my blog and did not fully understand how this whole blog world works, but it kind of reminds me of high school - cliquey. There have been plenty of bloggers I have reached out to and they don't even take the time to respond. To each his own though. I guess everyone blogs for different reasons and they are not the same as me.
But I enjoy your blog and your daughter is adorable!

I agree with a lot of what you wrote! My daughters crib has exactly what you mentioned for yours... one blanket, a blankie and binky's.... I never want her to get the impression that she can play when it's time to sleep. She already doesnt sleep nearly enough and the last thing I need is less sleeptime!

Also, about the bloggers being fake... I recently noticed this myself. I follow a couple of the same people on FB, blogger, instagram etc and when I leave comments it seems like I'm always ignored or never responded to but everyone before and after me is... weird. I just figured I dont fit into the little bloggy clique. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

~Laura

Um yes, smocked clothes are kind of ...hideous. They just are!

I agree with every last one of these posts...except the blonde one. Because I'm the opposite there. But yeah. You hit the nail on the head on all of those.

I'm pretty sure I could have written this post from start to finish!

Big girl bed? Hell to the NO. Girlfriend will be in her cage until I absolutely HAVE to move her. Sans books and "babies". Ok, she *does* sleep with her plush ducky, but only because she doesn't play with him - just snuggles.

And I don't understand smocking, either. Is it a regional thing? Kitty has a Baby Gap dress which is presh and smocked...but I think it's a rarity to find such an item.

You know how I feel about all of the above. With the exception of the stuff in the crib. its easier for me to hand Smith a book or a stuffed animal to get him to GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP than it is to fight him on it. Le sigh.

I hate smocked clothing too!! Eeeek...I thought I was the only one!

I totally get you on the smocked clothes - especially on boys.
I used to agree with you on the toy-less bed but my daughter grows up and develops her personality it's had to change. There are stuffed toys in her bed now because she is a heinous, heinous "morning baby." If she gets to wake up on her own and spend a few minutes singing and talking to her babies then she is all giggles and smiles when she calls me to come get her. If she doesn't get time to veg in her crib in the morning then she will be a total train wreck for the first hour of the day!

Wow, you really hit the nail on the head with this post!!! Id have to say that you are NOT one of the bloggers that turn me off from Twitter bc you are REAL! so Thanks for that :) Oh and the smocked clothing - I don't really care to much for it either or maybe thats bc I am not from the South? I also rocked the Feather extensions and now I sometimes question myself why?? and one more thing about the FBook post, I dont need to know every hour that you love your life....you must be trying to convince yourself HA!!

Somehow M has acquired about five stuffies that sleep with him, but he really doesn't play with them. Just snuggles. As for the fakeies, you know I agree. Gag.

I haven't ever commented, but I just had to on this post. You are one of the only blogs I'll read regularly because of this exact stuff. I got on twitter awhile back and holy cow, the fake, rude, and clique-y bloggers! Wow. It was eye opening. I got rid of my twitter and stopped reading a lot of their blogs. It was so annoying. Anyway, we definitely don't do stuffed animals in the crib either, bedtime is already iffy enough, haha. Good post!

I loved smocked clothes...on boys and girls. I think it's just a southern thing. They're timeless.

Twitter has ruined a lot of bloggers for me. It's so clique-y and some of them write a certain way on their blog & come across SO complainy/bitchy/rude on twitter.

Every time I see feather extensions now I think of Tori Spelling's little boy because he has one on their show-ha!

Since my kids were super little they have taken it upon themselves to fill their beds with books and toys. I can't stand it either, but I choose my battles. The smocking though, I *love* it! I agree it looks old, but I like old. Most of my girls' smocked dresses are actually vintage. That's okay, I still love YOU ;-) And just for the record, my son NEVER donned a smocked article of clothing, that I can't abide.

I feel the same way!!! Especially about the first one! Like you say, its in the hall!

Totally agree with keeping kids in their cribs as long as possible. My daughter didn't get her toddler bed til she was just over 3 (and now--she still gets up and walks around the house at night). Drives me crazy.
I do not like smocked clothes either.
I've never noticed the thermostat thing....but I could care less about mine.

tee hee hee shannon. I hate smocked dresses too. and- I am so not ready for the big girl bed. Quinlin has learned how to climb out of hers...yet somehow stays in at night because she's scared to get out. I'm hoping I can get through ice fishing season with sean away as long as I can before she's in a big bed.

What is smocked clothing? LOL, seriously, I have no idea. Maybe it isn't that popular over here in Cali. As for "bloggers", AMEN. There is one on twitter in particular that drives me batty. How much can one person bitch (and tweet about it)?! Toys in the crib... guilty. It was Hard to find Hayleigh after awhile with all her stuffed toys but it kept her happy and let me sleep so in went all the stuffed toys! HAHA

I have found the same thing with the twitter - I'm still new at it though, I was hoping it got better - @LifeAsIKnow09
I find it annoying as well when people post I love being a mom b.s - for entirely different reasons, but I still agree!!

I also hate how cliquey blogging has become - I comment on peoples blogs, just to find that they have commented on others, but NEVER mine! Either I suck.. or they do - I stick to they do... lol

I agree with you on the smocked clothing. I don't get the craze for it. Not my style at all and I live in the South. To each their own I guess.

It does seem like the blogging community is like attending high school all over again. I just read blogs and go about my merry way. Ha!

I am rocking new blonde locks, too and I feel the exact same way!!! ...and I, too feel like your bed should only be for sleeping!

I totally agree with most of these things!! fav bloggers, smocked clothing, sleeping with only blankies :)

Were one in the same darlin!

I agree that I see a different side of people on twitter. It's sometimes disturbing. FB is on my shit list. It's just too fake. I can't stand when people toot their own horns just so they can get 27 comments from people tooting their horn for them.

I feel the same way about bloggers and twitter. Especially the blogs that are very "spiritual" and then they are totally materialistic/judgemental on twitter. I know I shouldn't judge...
And I dislike smocked clothing. My Kendall looks way cute in her Target tunic and leggings. I love your blonde hair and will be following suit in the next few weeks. Happy Tuesday!

I am SO happy I am on a real computer for this post. Especially the smocking. I appreciate it for certain occasions, and mostly when she was a little little baby. I feel like it is a little "old" and also very "baby". Which I know that's the exact reason some people like it. Prissy has a few things, but I prefer a monogram or applique over a smock almost every day!

Also, never even noticed my thermostat until pinterest. LoL now everytime I walk by it I think "is this offensive? do people judge me when they see it?" haha

I feel the same way about big girl beds. I love the idea of buying new bedding lol but I am in NO rush to give her the freedom of not being caged in her crib. oh, um, did I just say caged? yeah...

Twitter is a blessing and a curse. I don't blog anymore but a lot of the tweeps I follow were found through blogging. And a lot of them now I wouldnt probably follow if I still blogged. I feel like the fakeness is overwhelming. And the "look at me, look what I have" and the ones that claim to be so normal and sweet ignore every. single. tweet. to them.

well I guess I am REALLY stingy with my baby- she doesn't even get a blanket, lovey or anything in her crib! LOL

I think smocked clothes are very cute but I don't like them at all for my own kid. I dress her in knit carter's type stuff. soft, cheap and easy to clean.

GREAT post!!! I feel the same way about smocked clothing...like what is the big effing deal about it? I think it's hideous and overpriced. And the boy stuff looks super girly and feminine.

I'm the Mom with the books and stuffed animals, ahem friends, in the bed with her child, but she likes it and sometimes it helps her sleep.

And I'm with you on the smocked clothing...too pricey. I'm pretty simple with most clothes. I like all things girly, but some of the stuff out there is obnoxious!

Many things...lol...

1- I feel the same way about thermostats.
2- I sometimes think I shouldn't do Twitter, because it is SO easy for me to fall into "complain" mode.
3-I used to think the same thing about the "big bed", but it has surprisingly made bedtime 100 times easier, and she sleeps longer too!

I love you because you're opinionated Shannon, but smocked clothing is ADORABLE. :) I can't believe so many people hate it! Hilarious. I like smocked clothing and little kids clothes for little kids. It pains me when people dress babies and toddlers in grown up stuff. I mean you don't have a teenager for pete's sake! I think if the hubby and I ever have a boy we'll kill eachother over the way we dress him. He likes blue jeans and boots on babies! No little jon jons :(

Let's see- Carsyn sleeps with absolutely nothing in her crib. She's in a sleep sack to keep warm. I dread the big girl bed day. There's no way my wild child will just go to sleep!

I'm kind of relieved my fb was hacked. I think its so fake. Worse than twitter.

Last-I tagged you in a Q & A today, but if those things annoy you I promise I won't be mad ;)

I am with you on the smocked clothing. Ick.

My facebook status updates are more of the "guess what idiotic thing I did to embarass myself today" variety. I find those much more entertaing as a FB lurker!

Fake? Bloggers? NOOOOO. ;)

That frustrates me with Avon sometimes, too. Sigh. Such is life, yeah?

You are not the only mom who doesn't get smocked clothing (Why do people dress their children in clown clothing with fluffy ankles?), nor are you the only mom who doesn't find the crib to be a play area. Ethan has his Scentsy Lamb in his crib, and that's it...and all that ever will be. :)

As for the blonde/brunette thing, I'm the same way. I feel the same way about my nose ring, too...is that weird? When I got it re-pierced, I remember saying to a friend, "I feel like I can wear no makeup and still look okay with that in." Same with blonde over brunette. :)

I agree with the smocked clothing, I know it's definitely a southern thing, but it just seems so old fashioned.

I was gifted a "shortall" for our little guy and I showed my husband and he said, "He is not wearing that, it's like a tank top!" I about died laughing!

I completely one hundred percent agree with you on every single part of this post- I only leave blankie and bink in the crib and the airing of dirty laundry/seeing the phonies with other bloggers- I totally get that!! I hope I haven't aired too much- hmmm xoxo

Thatcher gets ONLY his lovie and 1 book in bed. And the book is mostly for when we wakes up. Agreed on Twitter - who has time to be on there all day long anyway? It's like I want to say "you're not a SAHM, you're a SAHT" for stay-at-home-Twitterer. I love smocked clothes but I will forgive you!

I 'quit' Twitter because I was offended by my 'fave' bloggers on several occasions (not personally, just in general). Connor sleeps with a blanket and a paci - that's it. And I HATE smocked clothing. Love your honesty! :)

I joined twitter a long time ago, but only recently got into it. What I like about it is that I can keep up with I used to blog with when I used to blog :) I also like feeling like I've met new people that way. And, it makes me feel like I've got a little company through the day when I'm home alone with my little guy. But, I agree with you, sometimes it feels kind of snobby and exclusive. But, what I've come to realize is they're just people like I know in real life. Twitter makes bigger bloggers seem more approachable, which is nice, sometimes they reciprocate the contact more, but sometimes they don't. I'm just trying to take it for what it's worth. It is irritating sometimes though. Right now, there's only one girl that drives me crazy-I still follow her though, so it looks like I"m the one who is stupid :)

I loved smocked clothing for the reason you hate it. It looks old. I don't like too much trendy stuff on babies. I like to keep them looking like babies for as long as possible. The world encourages us to grow up so quickly-I just want to hold on to that youth.

I am guilty of putting a few (a book a toy) things in Monroe's bed sometimes. I do it because I pray that he'll play for a bit in the morning instead of making me wake up :) On that same note, I AGREE! I am in NO RUSH to move him out of his crib. I was just telling my husband that if we have another this year, we're buying a 2nd crib.

HA! I saw one of those ideas to cover the thermostats on pintrest- although IM BARELY on there but I saw it once and showd the idea to my husband and said isnt this neat and he responded that it was RIDICULOUS! I thought about it for a while and was like...maybe it is..hahaha AND- You know how you were ehh on posting your bare belly on the internet...I JUSTED MY VERY post baby belly...flab hanving over my pants AND ALL! I might have remorse and delete it. ha

I feel like kids who wear smocked clothing and those ruffle jumper things look like little Amish babies. I probably just pissed off a lot of people with that. but really?! they DO!

I think I love you even more now that I've read this list!

My kid only has a blanket in her crib, that's it.

If you want a real blog to read hop on over to mine, I keep it real...like how ate 1400 calories of candy for breakfast on Saturday. Yep, I keep it that real.

I'm grinning at so very many of these things right now :)

I'm with you on the toys in the bed... When Max gets big enough he will have a play room that will hold all the toys/t.v. I don't want all that crap in his room.

And let me tell you I was a little disappointed when I found out that I was having a boy at first... and then I realized... YAY.. this means my Mom won't be obsessed with trying to make clothes for him... cough cough yes the smocked stuff that she is still making my 6 year old niece!! I just want to tell her enough is enough she isn't a baby anymore.

I don't like the smock look either... it's weird to me! :)

New follower as of a few days ago, love your blog, and I agree about being turned off by some bloggers... has happened to me several times. Love the new blonde hair!! :)

I'm with you on smocked clothing :) and Em isvalmost three and still in her crib :)

Yea. We've talked about the smockings before. No bueno for us. To each their own :) Emeline does not get toys in her crib, just a pillow (since we're teaching her sort of to LAY STILL!, and I'm not at all excited for the big kid bed...I mean, it's kind of necessary since I'm pregnant and all. I'm scared naptimes will be no longer ;( So scared.

And is this the post you were talking about last week in your email to me? About being brutally honest? Just wondering ;)

I will never get smock clothes. Looks strange.

I've had some bloggers I loved who said some ugly things on twitter and ended up unfollowing them.

I know this post is old, but I'm just catching up.

You are so one of my faves. Even if we have to disagree on some stuff ;)

I love smocked clothes. Because I think it's babyish. I feel like I'll have plenty of time for her to dress like a teen, right now I want her too look like a baby! But to each their own. When some of y'all post pics of your little girls in mini you outfits, I die a little inside over how cute they are in leggings and jean jackets!

I couldn't agree more about Twitter. I like to get on their sometimes and talk about tv and such, but that's about it. Too much sometimes.

And the big girl bed? oh hell no. E will be in a crib til she can walk out of it. I value my sleep way too much to mess that up.

Of course she sleeps with a whole gaggle of crap. I swear she gets up in the night and puts more stuff in there. Oops.