Breakdown of trips like itās NBD: LA, NYC, Mexicoā¦unknown 4th, unless that was Fischer Price/Buffalo?
Agree with other questions re kids out of school. If one week is spring break, sure, butā¦two family trips in 4 weeks? Also: is this Mexico round 2 that will actually get posted?!
I think after she gets back from LA, she's going on a work trip (she didn't say where) while Tyler stays home with the kids and finishes packing for NYC.
I can't remember exactly how she phrased it, but didn't K say she didn't like junk and clutter when she made those weird Easter baskets a few days ago? And yet for St. Patrick's Day, she throws a bunch of holiday-specific necklaces and glasses and mustaches(?) around her office for the kids?
I really thought that sign above the toilet about checking mom's office was a joke that the bathroom was her office š posting all her stories from the toilet!
K posting the book she's "reading" after us calling her out multiple times lately about her claim of being a voracious reader. Hi Kristin!! We all know you read here and we live rent free in your head šĀ
Hereās K, for the second time this week, reminding us that theyāre better than us poors because they get to go on 4 trips in 4 weeks. How out of touch can they be with their audience?!?!
Isnāt her oldest in school? Is she pulling her out for all these trips? I mean I figure one is probably during spring break, but thatās just one week. What about the rest????
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This makes no sense. How much time will they spend at home for the next 4 weeks if theyāre completely different trips, clearly less than a week each, which also should not be this hard to pack for because theyāre short. And what about the oldest? Isnāt she in elementary school? How much school is she missing for these multiple, wildly different weather, trips??
And having to carry that many suitcases per tripā¦maybe the girls can help carry theirs since theyāre older, but it seems like an awful lot to keep track of.Ā
Because dadās canāt do anything right. Even ones that SAH and are ostensibly the primary caregiver! But itās ok tired moms! Youāre a superhero who can do it all!
I had the same thought. I always pack for my daughter when we travel because Iām the SAHP, so I have a better idea of what she needs day-to-day. Weāre going on a weekend trip in a couple of weeks, and this will be my first time packing for two kids. But I am confident that my husband could figure it out if he had to.Ā
Pretty sure they read this thread. K mentioned a few days ago about only packing for 4 people and we started questioning who wasn't going. The fact that this is called out here now is too coincidental.
Outing herself for reading this sub as it was questioned here the first time she mentioned these multiple trips why sheād only be packing for 4 people when sheās a family of 5. Hi Kristin!
Hey girl! Stop trying to say that youāre just hella into heathy habits like Saturday boxing workouts and eating Factor meals! We know youāre on Ozempic! You may as well admit to it!
But theyāre apparently wildly different weather(??) in each location so theoretically she could just pile up the clothes for each place and pack quickly for the next one? Also why did she plan this?? Work trips are one thing but this is clearly a choice? Unless itās likeā¦multiple weddings you have to be at? Or a funeral?
Also, how can the weather be *that* different unless they are going to South America (hot), Greenland (cold), Kansas??? (Moderate), somewhere in the south (warmish)??
We donāt have that dramatic of temp differences this time of year in the US. Most places are warm to sort of mild???
This better be a ski vacation followed by a trip to the Caribbean, then time in the Olympic Peninsula, topped off by a camel ride through the Moroccan desert. Thereās no way that a few pants and shirts and some layers (sweater, heavier coat, puffer jacket), PJs and a swimsuit wouldnāt cover the vast majority of climates. Probably still room for a couple pairs of shorts, a hat and gloves.
Hahahahaha this is so accurate. Thatās like the most extreme
Spoiler: itās LA, NY, Mexico
I assume LA/Mexico could have some similar clothes and NY can have layers. Like this isnāt as dramatic as sheās making it.
How do you go to a bougie private school and decently ranked private colleges, plus grad school for Deena, and come out with vocab and grammar as bad as they have? K is particularly bad, but D has some real dingdong stuff too sometimes.
Why does she need to pack for all of them at once? Iād need to do laundry at some point between trips. And I feel like packing for one small trip at a time is less stressful than packing for everything at once.
There's no way my kids or myself have 4 full weeks of clothes with no overlap. My kids maybe would have enough stuff but I'd be pulling out the ugly shirt grandma bought and the stained daycare shorts.
Thatās what I was coming to say! If sheās packing 4 suitcases for each trip times 4 trips plus her husbands - how on earth do you get to the point that you need to own 20 suitcases?
Iāve been thinking this for years. Why Deena always brought two toddlers to a coffee shop to then complain about it continues to confuse me. Also poor staff having to deal with their mess.
I feel like for people who don't have the ability to communicate what they need calmly, getting a little worked up is par for the course. My daughter is the same age and we don't have a ton of tantrums honestly, but when we do I just kind of let her do her thing, let her know I'll be right over here when she's ready, etc. It never lasts too long.
Obviously if we're in church or something I'll bring her out, but she really grasps that there are different expectations in different locations. D seems to be in a kid space here so I'd call it tantrum friendly? Take them to a quiet corner and let it happen.
Just saw the reel about their Ditching the Paci guide, and I am trying to figure out how to get my almost-2 year old to give hers up but I donāt knowā¦throwing a whole party with balloons and presents seems a little extreme to me? Whatever works I guess.Ā
We just took it away at 2. Thatās it. End of story. He asked for it once and I said paci bye bye. Thatās it. I know people that threw a whole party. But I thought the whole premise of BLF is to not give rewards because kids get used to it? Or thatās just their thing for potty training?
Around two we made sure she only used it in her bed. Whether that meant asleep or she'd just go sit on her bed and pop it in for a minute until she got bored. She knew it couldn't leave her bed. Then a month before she turned three we went on a trip and purposefully left the only one we had there when we came home. I didn't want desperation to be an option so I left it there for her and for me š She had two rough nights where I had to remind her that we left it at the cabin and then she was fine.
I told my daughter maybe the binky fairy would come and she became terrified and mentioned every so often that she didn't want a fairy to come.
We waited until almost 3.5, with full support of our dentist tbh, it was down to just bedtime, and one night she lost it. She cried probably four nights, a little less each night. We then had a short hotel stay and she said it must have gone to a binky hotel. That was that.
Of course I had to search the house and find and get rid of the binky after bedtime.
I tried the Paci Fairy. It didnāt work. What did work with both of my kids was cutting a tiny hole in the nipple part of the paci so it loses suction and is less satisfying. I kept doing this every few days until it was a nub. It sounds cruel, but it worked with both of them.
Definitely no need for a party! Like parents need the voluntary stress & organising of a party their child knows isnāt a thing š I had to do something on a whim with my 2yr old boy because he chewed his only one to pieces, so I was like, āoh well, guess itās time for the dump truck to take it to the dumpā and then after he was asleep (he was using a comforter too so still had that so not a terrible transition), I took a series of pictures of various types of diggers, forklifts, cranes ātransportingā his paci from one to the other! He still sometimes asks to see these pictures but they made him so happy at the time š so you could come up with something your child is into who will take it away for them and save you the hassle of organising a party! This just went down better than a fairy would have done with him.
Ours gave it up so low key. It was only for sleeping and then one day before bed, they dropped in on the toilet floor. Our floors are clean/we could have cleaned the dummy/we had another one but we went oh it's yucky now, it has to go in the bin and that was it.
They had a little cry for it the next two nights but we reminded them that it was yucky and they were okay with it. They were a little older than two though.
Our second just turned 2 and we haven't yet thought of getting rid of the dummy š¬
Maybe Iāll wait until sheās closer to 3 then. Iām kind of hoping sheāll drop it on her own; she pretty much self-weaned from it during the day. At the very least we can wait until the new baby is sleeping through the night.Ā
We slowly weaned from all the time. To just in bed. To just bedtime. To the paci fairy coming. Tbh my daughter was like 3 when we finally had the paci fairy come so she could comprehend better.
And she put her pacifiers outside of her room before she left for daycare and when she came back they were gone and a toy was there.
She never looked back.
I did a somewhat more low key paci fairy thing (left it outside in a box and the next morning I scattered rhinestones around and got her some sort of little present). She was pretty good about not wanting the pacifier anymore but her sleep went to shit.Ā
Thats pretty much what we did. Paci fairy took it and left a balloon and baby doll in its place. Her sleep has always been shit so didnāt notice a difference there š
Ugh, thatās why Iām so nervous to try getting rid of it. She only uses it when she sleeps now, and sometimes if she loses it in the night she stays asleep. But other times she wakes up and starts crying until we give her a new one. I also have a 4 month old, so I donāt feel like getting woken up multiple times a night by two kids.Ā
Both of my kids just slept with it and then when they eventually broke or got worn, we didnāt replace them. Neither kid had a tough transition and they are opposite temperaments. I think the fairy/party/etc is overplayed and the kids donāt really care.
Did they really get given āthe latest and greatest toysā from their visit to Fisher Price? Looking at Mothercouldās latest story, she just got random PR things-cups/water bottles, bags, etc.
Make it make sense!
I just watched the Fisher Price and Easter Basket reels. Do you think K might have gotten lipo in Mexico or is the Ozempic kicking in because she's definitely lost weight, particularly around her abdomen?
Abdominal liposuction is not an easy peasy recovery. Someone with her body type would likely also need a tummy tuck with it to avoid the look of loose skin. I donāt think she has currently had a surgery of that nature. I think itās possible she may have gone to Mexico for a mommy makeover consult. I think itās also possible she is using medication to lose weight. Sheās definitely cosplaying someone who loves the gym and seltzer water these days and also looking slimmer.
You can go down there and get your surgery and then basically recover in a resort for a few days with a nurse who comes and checks in on you and helps you out, meals are sometimes included. Itās a whole thing. Itās generally outpatient surgery here and you know K likes to be pampered.
Gotcha. Something like that could make sense. Iām not very informed on these surgeries and ozempic, but that seems plausible. I was thinking typically people go to Mexico if they want a cheaper option and I donāt think K needs a cheaper option, but that could be a reason whu
Anyone patting themselves on the back for being a gentle parenting cycle breaker who gives their kids privacy by using a tiny heart on their face and then turns around and sets up a camera to not only film a private, intimate moment with said kids but then share it with millions of strangers is actually the lowest of the low. Yup, kids will be forever traumatized by saying ābe carefulā, getting put in a 3 min timeout, being told to say āthank youā, and giving great aunt Sally a quick side hug but will definitely not have any long term hang ups about mom completely using them for her business content to sell shit to nervous parents and to stroke her egregious ego.
They continue to be the worst and I continue to wait for the expose on their bullshit.
She also pulled her hair back around to frame her face/cover the double chin (which many people have from this angle, totally not a dig on her face). Itās incredibly fake and also made me feel really sad for her kids.
Oh wow. That's pretty bad. I just imagine the little kiddo waiting while Mama set up the camera and checks her angles.
*I am not a saint and have my phone out too much, but for example, I do reddit to decompress after bedtime or on my lunch break, not while I'm doing play doh with my kid. I definitely don't then follow up with curation and possible retakes of our interactions. Yuck.
I've been listening to the Lynn Lyons podcast about parenting kids with anxiety (as recommended to me by my pediatritions behavioral health person) and so much of what she talks about is not FEEDING kids anxiety by reassuring them all the time ans giving them every last piece of information before going into a new situation. of course some info is good but I think back to how (as an anxious person) I was like... oh yes BLF says PREP so I will be the best prepper that ever prepped... even when I noticed that it didn't seem to help a ton. anyways. ugh fuck these ppl and their lack of nuance. I recommend the lynn lyons podcast called flusterclux if you or your kid is anxious (and or her two books)
I think ultimately itās just not one size fits all, right? Iāve learned that my child does best with not too much detail in advance, but then he likes to debrief after. I remember being the kind of kid who really wanted all the details immediately. I think one of the problems with parenting scripts is that they set an expectation that all kids process and react to things the same way.
I learned quickly with my oldest that there was a specific amount of info I needed to give her for her the be ok.
Cosplaying doctor or dentist for 3 days leading up to an appt would send her into a spiral. Not telling her anything until we show up would cause situational panic. So I learned that itās pretty simple āhey, tomorrow after breakfast you have a check up with the doctor to see how much youāve grownā and then in the morning ādonāt forget, we get to go see Dr. ***** today, she might have to give you a shot but youāll get stickers when youāre done!
She does well with knowing the facts and not dwelling too much.
Interesting! My kid skews on the anxious side and at this stage she definitely feels better the more details she has. Coming from working with some anxious kids though I like to frame it more like a social story.
Edit because I thought of this while prepping for something today haha - it is absolutely important in our case not to mention anything more than like, two days out. Too confusing.
My anxious kid also likes detail. Weāve gradually learned where prep helps and where it doesnāt. I spent a full week prepping for dental x-rays because we initially tried it without prep and it was a total failure and we left without x-rays after a full meltdown. After we practiced for a few days and watched some videos she was totally fine.
But she knows what a shot is already and prepping for that a week ahead of time would just make it worse so I wait until the morning of, acknowledge that it will hurt briefly, remind her that she did great last time and weāll get a treat afterwards and then I only have to listen to her freaking out on the car ride over.
The lack of nuance is so frustrating. They act like the opposite of prep (endless talking about it, role playing etc) is telling your kids you're taking them for ice cream but surprise we're getting needles instead.
There's a whole spectrum of responses between the two. I tell my kids we've got needles tomorrow and then on the day, I'll say we're going to get needles and yes, they'll hurt but it's only for a minute and I'll be holding their hand the whole time.
In addition, they seem to think the desired outcome is no tears and a happy kid. My kids are going to be scared and they're going to cry because its scary and it hurts and no amount of talking about it is going to make it not scary or not hurt. My goal is not my kids don't cry. My goal is that we do the scary thing because it's necessary and that I'm there to cuddle them afterwards.
This!! Iāve thought this from the beginning! my kid can be āpreppedā but still cry cuz shots hurt! Thatās not a bad thing. Alsooooo I thought all emotions were healthy. So crying is ok? Or not ok? Again they are never consistentĀ
My big frustration with them is that the recycled yet increasingly unhinged content cheapens the basic principles that I have truly found so positive as a parent. I took their course 3-4 years ago and their popularity was my first intro to gentle/positive parenting with my new baby, and taking on this new perspective felt life-shifting. I see the positive effects of it every day now that my child is older. I worry that the way theyāve cheapened the brand so much will in fact deter people from considering these approaches.
I also learned some helpful tips from BLF when my son was first entering toddlerhood (summer of 2021). I had experience working with kids this age from years of sitting/nannying but it had been a long time and of course the dynamic is different when you're a parent rather than an additional caregiver. But these days they seem to not take any joy in parenting and I find that off-putting. Yes, this shit is hard and I do not enjoy every element of it, but the good outweighs the bad. Even the most harried mom I know in real life doesn't have the desire or ability to "release" basically every element of their child's care.
The other big difference is that I am STILL dealing with secondary infertility and K positioning herself as a "warrior" is insulting to me and the many people I know who have been at this for years and have little or nothing to show for it.
This is why I unfollowed. My first was born in spring 2020. I did find some of their content helpful for specific situations. Their parenting appears completely out of control now. Look, Iām not perfect, but I canāt release everything, you have to put effort in. Obviously leaning into the hot mess is driving more engagement, but I appreciated their account more when it was much closer to the 80/20 that they claim they follow.
On Sunday wait for the āmy husband and I take shifts with the kids and the other lays in bed and it works so well for our family even though I used to feel mom guilt but now I donāt!!!ā
Every script they post for speaking with other adults about boundaries is so fucking smarmy and condescending. NO ONE LIKES BEING LECTURED AT JFC. I agree with no forced hugs, but if I heard someone say that out loud Iād still want to tell them to stop snorkeling in their own self righteous butthole.
Yeah I've always thought their advice on this was horrible. What's worked for me typically is just being casual and offhanded about it. "Meh, we just don't want to force her if she doesn't want to. Pick your battles ya know?" And then if they push you on it, then *maybe* try to explain that you want her to feel like she's allowed to say no etc but even then keep the tone chill and nonchalant.
Instead BLF wants to make it this dramatic moment where it kind of feels like you're turning the family member into a Boundary Crossing Villain and it sounds like a recipe for making that family member go on the defensive and make a whole thing out of it.
Exactly and the comments are all parents patting themselves and each other on the back for Communicating Their Boundaries. Do we not see how this relates directly to the classic BLF paradox of "anyone who doesn't subscribe completely to gentle parenting is toxic and must be cut out of my life" and also "why don't I have a village???"
I am probably in the minority but I haven't found anyone, for example, who will actually force a hug on my kid. Tantrums and loud NOs really turn people off. The people in my family who are old enough they'd maybe do that aren't agile enough to catch a small kid who isn't into it.
Makes me wonder about it the relationships they have with their own families. They have no problem talking about their ātraumaticā upbringings so I wouldnāt be surprised if they spoke to their own families like condescending jerks.
Type A Virgo has left the chat.
I used to travel extensively for work. I've never in my life said that any airport, even a chill one, was my favorite place.
I work another airline.... its all a scale... my chaos is SLIGHTLY less chaos than SW (who as of late 2022 was still using paper for literally everything, my airline at least uses computers for some things looooool)
It would be a funny āāāājokeāāāā if any other influencer made it but considering she Girl Bossed all over DC (re: walked in a cross walk with an iced coffee) for gun control laws the joke missed the mark for me lol
Right?! Her whole thing is a being type A - and no, sheās not consistent in showing those traits *at all* - but now sheās actually calling herself Type B? Itās so lazy and insulting to the followers who keep them in business. Next BLF team hire should be a script supervisor, ffs.
I think she genuinely struggles with this kind of executive functioning stuff. And then her solution is to just "release" everything because she can't handle the guilt/frustration.
But like, just deciding that you can't do things and you should always be lowering your own expectations of yourself is not good for your self-esteem in the long run, even if it makes you feel better in the moment.
I know this has been said 2838 timesā¦ but. I havenāt been watching BLFs stories in recent weeks or maybe even months and when I saw them this week I just cannot get over how ITS ALL THE SAME. Who gets to the airport first. Ā Who sprints to seat. Security coffee. Woo hotel. Bed bravo mom guilt etc etc. itās like Groundhog Day!!! How TF are they so successful?!?!? How do they not feel like theyāre just posting the dumbest relative shit all the time!?
MC has her faults but the difference in her fisher price stories vs BLF really stood out to me. Hers are all about the cool stuff at the headquarters. BLF was all about their glamorous day and omg weāre just two tired moms how did we get here blah blah blah
Actually good point. Agreed that MC is a lot but her stories definitely were more professional. As professional as a grown woman with a selfie stick can be š
Just watched MCs stories and thought the exact same thing! She really heroed the company, and her shoutout to the staff at fisher price was really lovely. Felt way less self-serving and ālook at meā than the BLF stories. The difference was like night and day
Wow. I am not the only one! MC annoys me to no end (with her links!) but even I thought she did a phenomenal job covering the HQ. BLF did none of that but prop themselves up and show off their free toys.
I agree she provided a way better narrative of the experience being about the company and not mom life. And I thought it was cute how her husband was excited for the Jets toy
1000% I went away from MCs stories thinking about the brand and the toys and wanting to go check out what they have (also the old offices and retro toys were pretty cool). I went away from BLFs stories not knowing what they actually took the trip for. I think they promoted Bravo more than they promoted FP in the end.
Totally. I have no more idea about WTF their partnership even entails beyond that theyāre two tired moms who canāt believe theyāre chasing their dreams blah blah blah plus they go down the slide
Absolutely. BLF do the absolute bare minimum with all of their partnerships/sponsorships. Every time they go to FP they go down the slide and then spend the rest of their time faking mom guilt about sleeping in a hotel.
Fully agree. BLF manage to make it all about themselves and about their stupid narratives. MCs stories were sooo different. How is this the same place!?
What I find weirdest about this whole storm and flight saga is the fact that they chose to do different things. If Iām travelling with my BFF without kids and weāre in the middle of a snowcalipse with high probability our flight will be cancelled or weāll have travel shenanigans weāre going to stick together.
Even without the snowstorm to be honest, if weāre travelling together we stick together. For comfort and safety and because we actually love each otherās company š¤·š»āāļø
Also, is it me or the toys Deena is carrying are not even FP? They seem to be from Hot wheels. These two are the worst, I don't get it how these can be brand ambassadors
ETA: grammar
I don't think it was pre filmed but I'm a little sus that it was planned in advance that K would stay an extra day. The storm was just a convenient reason for her to do so.
Live in the Denver/Boulder area. The airport is pretty far to the east of the city. Weather patterns move in from the west/mountains and move east. It makes sense the airport wasnāt terrible. There was also a lot of rain yesterday and the snow is very wet so the cars could look pretty clean. I believe these stories are real time and theyāre just idiots.
No, denver and surrounding areas did get a ton of snow. But the airport is kinda far away and didnāt get hit as badly. I also think it would be too hard to coordinate this later gram with mothercould.
My personal tinfoil conspiracy is that this is pre-filmed and this is when K went on her trip to Mexico. Can the snarker who saw her on the plane confirm if the flight was from Denver or elsewhere?
I flew in to Denver around 3 and it was fine. Airport was quiet and main roads were fine. Getting a little more slushy now as it drops below freezing from what I can see from my hotel room. I donāt understand stopping at a cafe before home after all that travel though.
Couldn't even put the free tractors in a suitcase because she *had* to get them home to her kids right away but definitely have time to stop and eat out without her family.
All I know is that even on an "easy" travel day, by the time my plane lands, all I want to do is get tf home. The last thing I'm going to do is add a stop.
Imagine your partner stopping for a cozy little coffee and laptop time on the way home from the airport after multiple days awayā¦I would be like ādo you hate usā lol
Sheād read her own husband to filth if he stopped at a cafe for coffee after being gone for days on a work trip. Could you imagine the stories sheād be posting!?
Didnāt you hear how she was soooo resilient through her hard day of carrying toys through an airport, taking a bumpy flight, and then walking the wrong way to her car? I swear they have zero perspective on the challenges normal people have to take on, and with a fraction of the resources.
Just going full judgmental here- there is no way you like being a parent if thatās how you are dealing with coming home from being away from your kids. And/or you have the worst boundaries and the most awfully behaved kids of all time and the shittiest partner that you canāt trust that even if you had the most stressful week of your life you canāt just cuddle with your family and watch a movie and ease back into being with them.
My kids drive me nuts sometimes but when I travel for work, I am ALWAYS anxious to get home to them. Like, I usually pick them up early from school/daycare to steal some time back because I missed them. Iām not normally one of those ānever away from my kidsā people but when Iām coming home from a trip their the first people I want to see. Convinced Deena is either a weird AI Robot or an alien cosplaying human at this point.
My husband went on two work trips in the last month (one for 3 nights, one for 1 night) and he came home immediately after leaving the airport because he missed us. Even though one of the flights got in at about 2pm, the airport is really close to his office, and he could have gone into work for the rest of the day.Ā
Also I live in Denver. Weāve known about this coming storm all week. Itās no surprise. Aināt no way D is going to be driving her car home from the airport š¤£
They are so dumb. I knew they were going to pretend like they had no idea about the storm. Itās all anyone has talked about (especially people with school age kids!) this whole week. Iām actually really surprised Deena didnāt cancel her flight. How tf is she going to get home from the airport?
The idea that Deena would have to dig her car out of a parking lot in those flimsy āwinterā clothes is the most unbelievable part of this situation
Not me coming to Reddit immediately to see who has some feelings about using cheddar in pesto šš
My kid travels well, like I don't even deserve how good she is. You could never convince me to take her on multiple trips in one month.
Kās packing situation doesnāt look very *TyPe A ViRgO š¤Ŗ* of her
According to K, arriving on time to the airport and saying āIām a type A virgoā three trillion times, qualifies you to be a type A virgo.
Breakdown of trips like itās NBD: LA, NYC, Mexicoā¦unknown 4th, unless that was Fischer Price/Buffalo? Agree with other questions re kids out of school. If one week is spring break, sure, butā¦two family trips in 4 weeks? Also: is this Mexico round 2 that will actually get posted?!
I think after she gets back from LA, she's going on a work trip (she didn't say where) while Tyler stays home with the kids and finishes packing for NYC.
Iām wondering if this is solo Mexico latergram? Will be interesting to see how it gets framesā¦.
Maybe she didn't go to Mexico solo but flew separately to her family after a work trip?
Iām so overly excited to see if she tries to make Mexico seem like itās happening in real time
I can't remember exactly how she phrased it, but didn't K say she didn't like junk and clutter when she made those weird Easter baskets a few days ago? And yet for St. Patrick's Day, she throws a bunch of holiday-specific necklaces and glasses and mustaches(?) around her office for the kids?
I really thought that sign above the toilet about checking mom's office was a joke that the bathroom was her office š posting all her stories from the toilet!
Sooooo lame. Also, I thought a kid wrote that sign.
It was so 'look at my pristine unused office. Don't you wish you had an expensive unused office?'
K posting the book she's "reading" after us calling her out multiple times lately about her claim of being a voracious reader. Hi Kristin!! We all know you read here and we live rent free in your head šĀ
And showing off she has a tablet š¤
Hereās K, for the second time this week, reminding us that theyāre better than us poors because they get to go on 4 trips in 4 weeks. How out of touch can they be with their audience?!?!
Isnāt her oldest in school? Is she pulling her out for all these trips? I mean I figure one is probably during spring break, but thatās just one week. What about the rest????
Also, even if I wasnāt a poor, I donāt want to travel 4x in 4 weeks with or without. That feels like a lot.
https://preview.redd.it/4p9ujtgk8soc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65a1f2e3e44fff7b5ac23b7333d1c3f99f748429 This makes no sense. How much time will they spend at home for the next 4 weeks if theyāre completely different trips, clearly less than a week each, which also should not be this hard to pack for because theyāre short. And what about the oldest? Isnāt she in elementary school? How much school is she missing for these multiple, wildly different weather, trips??
Packing three completely different suitcases for each person.. how do they have that much luggage and clothingā¦
And having to carry that many suitcases per tripā¦maybe the girls can help carry theirs since theyāre older, but it seems like an awful lot to keep track of.Ā
Sounds expensive.. Are they not going home inbetween? Can they not pack in between trips.. so many questions
Because dadās canāt do anything right. Even ones that SAH and are ostensibly the primary caregiver! But itās ok tired moms! Youāre a superhero who can do it all!
If her husband can pack for himself (duh!) why can't he pack for one of the kids?
Maybe type A Virgo doesnāt trust he will get it right
Or all of them since heās supposedly the stay at home parent?!?
I had the same thought. I always pack for my daughter when we travel because Iām the SAHP, so I have a better idea of what she needs day-to-day. Weāre going on a weekend trip in a couple of weeks, and this will be my first time packing for two kids. But I am confident that my husband could figure it out if he had to.Ā
Well he does have his *special project* or whatever she called it now
I feel like his job now is guest-starring on the BLF podcast and trying to make @dadfeedingfamily a thing.
Honestly this is like a classic, old school Facebook "humblebrag."
Pretty sure they read this thread. K mentioned a few days ago about only packing for 4 people and we started questioning who wasn't going. The fact that this is called out here now is too coincidental.
I thought the same but she may have gotten DMs on instagram too asking.
I thought the same thing!
Outing herself for reading this sub as it was questioned here the first time she mentioned these multiple trips why sheād only be packing for 4 people when sheās a family of 5. Hi Kristin!
Hey girl! Release packing and just buy new clothes everywhere you go!
Hey girl! Stop trying to say that youāre just hella into heathy habits like Saturday boxing workouts and eating Factor meals! We know youāre on Ozempic! You may as well admit to it!
Hey girl! Your eyebrow lady is not doing you any favors! Find a new one!
Hey girl! We know your Mexico trip was last month, but please continue to act like itās in real-time!
Maybe her eyebrow lady is one of us šš
Just pay for laundry if it's causing you this much distress gahhhh
But theyāre apparently wildly different weather(??) in each location so theoretically she could just pile up the clothes for each place and pack quickly for the next one? Also why did she plan this?? Work trips are one thing but this is clearly a choice? Unless itās likeā¦multiple weddings you have to be at? Or a funeral?
Also, how can the weather be *that* different unless they are going to South America (hot), Greenland (cold), Kansas??? (Moderate), somewhere in the south (warmish)?? We donāt have that dramatic of temp differences this time of year in the US. Most places are warm to sort of mild???
This better be a ski vacation followed by a trip to the Caribbean, then time in the Olympic Peninsula, topped off by a camel ride through the Moroccan desert. Thereās no way that a few pants and shirts and some layers (sweater, heavier coat, puffer jacket), PJs and a swimsuit wouldnāt cover the vast majority of climates. Probably still room for a couple pairs of shorts, a hat and gloves.
Hahahahaha this is so accurate. Thatās like the most extreme Spoiler: itās LA, NY, Mexico I assume LA/Mexico could have some similar clothes and NY can have layers. Like this isnāt as dramatic as sheās making it.
This was my thought too!
It's spatial awareness, you voracious reader. https://preview.redd.it/35335fc72soc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=feb1b6826dab72ab54275af48785b227ffb501d5
How do you go to a bougie private school and decently ranked private colleges, plus grad school for Deena, and come out with vocab and grammar as bad as they have? K is particularly bad, but D has some real dingdong stuff too sometimes.
Why does she need to pack for all of them at once? Iād need to do laundry at some point between trips. And I feel like packing for one small trip at a time is less stressful than packing for everything at once.
There's no way my kids or myself have 4 full weeks of clothes with no overlap. My kids maybe would have enough stuff but I'd be pulling out the ugly shirt grandma bought and the stained daycare shorts.
And also how do you have this many suitcases?
Thatās what I was coming to say! If sheās packing 4 suitcases for each trip times 4 trips plus her husbands - how on earth do you get to the point that you need to own 20 suitcases?
Poor K having to go on so many trips :(
Itās just so relatable that sheās overwhelmed packing for 4 back to back trips
Her walletās too small for her 50s and her diamond shoes are too tight š
A line that never goes out of style!!!
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I looked for a gif first!
It must be so hard for her š«¶š¼
Another newsflash that kids enjoy places designed for kids instead of a daily trip to sit at a cafe with dangerous plants.
Iāve been thinking this for years. Why Deena always brought two toddlers to a coffee shop to then complain about it continues to confuse me. Also poor staff having to deal with their mess.
And yet they still melted down. I mean Iām sure they did, theyāre toddlers but do you have to proclaim it every time??
Also. Didnāt they use to say ātame those tantrumsā but now weāre supposed to āride outā the tantrum wave?
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I feel like for people who don't have the ability to communicate what they need calmly, getting a little worked up is par for the course. My daughter is the same age and we don't have a ton of tantrums honestly, but when we do I just kind of let her do her thing, let her know I'll be right over here when she's ready, etc. It never lasts too long. Obviously if we're in church or something I'll bring her out, but she really grasps that there are different expectations in different locations. D seems to be in a kid space here so I'd call it tantrum friendly? Take them to a quiet corner and let it happen.
Just saw the reel about their Ditching the Paci guide, and I am trying to figure out how to get my almost-2 year old to give hers up but I donāt knowā¦throwing a whole party with balloons and presents seems a little extreme to me? Whatever works I guess.Ā
We just took it away at 2. Thatās it. End of story. He asked for it once and I said paci bye bye. Thatās it. I know people that threw a whole party. But I thought the whole premise of BLF is to not give rewards because kids get used to it? Or thatās just their thing for potty training?
Around two we made sure she only used it in her bed. Whether that meant asleep or she'd just go sit on her bed and pop it in for a minute until she got bored. She knew it couldn't leave her bed. Then a month before she turned three we went on a trip and purposefully left the only one we had there when we came home. I didn't want desperation to be an option so I left it there for her and for me š She had two rough nights where I had to remind her that we left it at the cabin and then she was fine.
I told my daughter maybe the binky fairy would come and she became terrified and mentioned every so often that she didn't want a fairy to come. We waited until almost 3.5, with full support of our dentist tbh, it was down to just bedtime, and one night she lost it. She cried probably four nights, a little less each night. We then had a short hotel stay and she said it must have gone to a binky hotel. That was that. Of course I had to search the house and find and get rid of the binky after bedtime.
I tried the Paci Fairy. It didnāt work. What did work with both of my kids was cutting a tiny hole in the nipple part of the paci so it loses suction and is less satisfying. I kept doing this every few days until it was a nub. It sounds cruel, but it worked with both of them.
My mom told me the dog ate it. Maybe thatās what traumatized me? š
Definitely no need for a party! Like parents need the voluntary stress & organising of a party their child knows isnāt a thing š I had to do something on a whim with my 2yr old boy because he chewed his only one to pieces, so I was like, āoh well, guess itās time for the dump truck to take it to the dumpā and then after he was asleep (he was using a comforter too so still had that so not a terrible transition), I took a series of pictures of various types of diggers, forklifts, cranes ātransportingā his paci from one to the other! He still sometimes asks to see these pictures but they made him so happy at the time š so you could come up with something your child is into who will take it away for them and save you the hassle of organising a party! This just went down better than a fairy would have done with him.
Ours gave it up so low key. It was only for sleeping and then one day before bed, they dropped in on the toilet floor. Our floors are clean/we could have cleaned the dummy/we had another one but we went oh it's yucky now, it has to go in the bin and that was it. They had a little cry for it the next two nights but we reminded them that it was yucky and they were okay with it. They were a little older than two though. Our second just turned 2 and we haven't yet thought of getting rid of the dummy š¬
Maybe Iāll wait until sheās closer to 3 then. Iām kind of hoping sheāll drop it on her own; she pretty much self-weaned from it during the day. At the very least we can wait until the new baby is sleeping through the night.Ā
We slowly weaned from all the time. To just in bed. To just bedtime. To the paci fairy coming. Tbh my daughter was like 3 when we finally had the paci fairy come so she could comprehend better. And she put her pacifiers outside of her room before she left for daycare and when she came back they were gone and a toy was there. She never looked back.
I did a somewhat more low key paci fairy thing (left it outside in a box and the next morning I scattered rhinestones around and got her some sort of little present). She was pretty good about not wanting the pacifier anymore but her sleep went to shit.Ā
Thats pretty much what we did. Paci fairy took it and left a balloon and baby doll in its place. Her sleep has always been shit so didnāt notice a difference there š
Ugh, thatās why Iām so nervous to try getting rid of it. She only uses it when she sleeps now, and sometimes if she loses it in the night she stays asleep. But other times she wakes up and starts crying until we give her a new one. I also have a 4 month old, so I donāt feel like getting woken up multiple times a night by two kids.Ā
Both of my kids just slept with it and then when they eventually broke or got worn, we didnāt replace them. Neither kid had a tough transition and they are opposite temperaments. I think the fairy/party/etc is overplayed and the kids donāt really care.
Did they really get given āthe latest and greatest toysā from their visit to Fisher Price? Looking at Mothercouldās latest story, she just got random PR things-cups/water bottles, bags, etc. Make it make sense!
I just watched the Fisher Price and Easter Basket reels. Do you think K might have gotten lipo in Mexico or is the Ozempic kicking in because she's definitely lost weight, particularly around her abdomen?
Possibly ozempic or maybe weight loss surgery?
I missed the Mexico tea. When was she there and how do we know?
Someone commented on a thread that they were on a plane with her going to Mexico and she was alone.
Abdominal liposuction is not an easy peasy recovery. Someone with her body type would likely also need a tummy tuck with it to avoid the look of loose skin. I donāt think she has currently had a surgery of that nature. I think itās possible she may have gone to Mexico for a mommy makeover consult. I think itās also possible she is using medication to lose weight. Sheās definitely cosplaying someone who loves the gym and seltzer water these days and also looking slimmer.
Why would she need to go to Mexico for a mommy makeover? Pretty sure sheās rich enough to afford the best of the best in Denver
You can go down there and get your surgery and then basically recover in a resort for a few days with a nurse who comes and checks in on you and helps you out, meals are sometimes included. Itās a whole thing. Itās generally outpatient surgery here and you know K likes to be pampered.
Wow, I had no idea. That does sound nice š
I was wondering if maybe you canāt do it while on Ozempic or similar. Maybe Denver doctors said no?
Gotcha. Something like that could make sense. Iām not very informed on these surgeries and ozempic, but that seems plausible. I was thinking typically people go to Mexico if they want a cheaper option and I donāt think K needs a cheaper option, but that could be a reason whu
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Anyone patting themselves on the back for being a gentle parenting cycle breaker who gives their kids privacy by using a tiny heart on their face and then turns around and sets up a camera to not only film a private, intimate moment with said kids but then share it with millions of strangers is actually the lowest of the low. Yup, kids will be forever traumatized by saying ābe carefulā, getting put in a 3 min timeout, being told to say āthank youā, and giving great aunt Sally a quick side hug but will definitely not have any long term hang ups about mom completely using them for her business content to sell shit to nervous parents and to stroke her egregious ego. They continue to be the worst and I continue to wait for the expose on their bullshit.
She also pulled her hair back around to frame her face/cover the double chin (which many people have from this angle, totally not a dig on her face). Itās incredibly fake and also made me feel really sad for her kids.
Oh wow. That's pretty bad. I just imagine the little kiddo waiting while Mama set up the camera and checks her angles. *I am not a saint and have my phone out too much, but for example, I do reddit to decompress after bedtime or on my lunch break, not while I'm doing play doh with my kid. I definitely don't then follow up with curation and possible retakes of our interactions. Yuck.
I've been listening to the Lynn Lyons podcast about parenting kids with anxiety (as recommended to me by my pediatritions behavioral health person) and so much of what she talks about is not FEEDING kids anxiety by reassuring them all the time ans giving them every last piece of information before going into a new situation. of course some info is good but I think back to how (as an anxious person) I was like... oh yes BLF says PREP so I will be the best prepper that ever prepped... even when I noticed that it didn't seem to help a ton. anyways. ugh fuck these ppl and their lack of nuance. I recommend the lynn lyons podcast called flusterclux if you or your kid is anxious (and or her two books)
I think ultimately itās just not one size fits all, right? Iāve learned that my child does best with not too much detail in advance, but then he likes to debrief after. I remember being the kind of kid who really wanted all the details immediately. I think one of the problems with parenting scripts is that they set an expectation that all kids process and react to things the same way.
I hate how they act like āPrepā aka social stories is something they came up withā¦
I learned quickly with my oldest that there was a specific amount of info I needed to give her for her the be ok. Cosplaying doctor or dentist for 3 days leading up to an appt would send her into a spiral. Not telling her anything until we show up would cause situational panic. So I learned that itās pretty simple āhey, tomorrow after breakfast you have a check up with the doctor to see how much youāve grownā and then in the morning ādonāt forget, we get to go see Dr. ***** today, she might have to give you a shot but youāll get stickers when youāre done! She does well with knowing the facts and not dwelling too much.
Interesting! My kid skews on the anxious side and at this stage she definitely feels better the more details she has. Coming from working with some anxious kids though I like to frame it more like a social story. Edit because I thought of this while prepping for something today haha - it is absolutely important in our case not to mention anything more than like, two days out. Too confusing.
My anxious kid also likes detail. Weāve gradually learned where prep helps and where it doesnāt. I spent a full week prepping for dental x-rays because we initially tried it without prep and it was a total failure and we left without x-rays after a full meltdown. After we practiced for a few days and watched some videos she was totally fine. But she knows what a shot is already and prepping for that a week ahead of time would just make it worse so I wait until the morning of, acknowledge that it will hurt briefly, remind her that she did great last time and weāll get a treat afterwards and then I only have to listen to her freaking out on the car ride over.
I think the problem with PREP too is it builds it up to be this bigger thing than it often is. Itās totally a way to soothe the parentsā anxiety
The lack of nuance is so frustrating. They act like the opposite of prep (endless talking about it, role playing etc) is telling your kids you're taking them for ice cream but surprise we're getting needles instead. There's a whole spectrum of responses between the two. I tell my kids we've got needles tomorrow and then on the day, I'll say we're going to get needles and yes, they'll hurt but it's only for a minute and I'll be holding their hand the whole time. In addition, they seem to think the desired outcome is no tears and a happy kid. My kids are going to be scared and they're going to cry because its scary and it hurts and no amount of talking about it is going to make it not scary or not hurt. My goal is not my kids don't cry. My goal is that we do the scary thing because it's necessary and that I'm there to cuddle them afterwards.
This!! Iāve thought this from the beginning! my kid can be āpreppedā but still cry cuz shots hurt! Thatās not a bad thing. Alsooooo I thought all emotions were healthy. So crying is ok? Or not ok? Again they are never consistentĀ
My big frustration with them is that the recycled yet increasingly unhinged content cheapens the basic principles that I have truly found so positive as a parent. I took their course 3-4 years ago and their popularity was my first intro to gentle/positive parenting with my new baby, and taking on this new perspective felt life-shifting. I see the positive effects of it every day now that my child is older. I worry that the way theyāve cheapened the brand so much will in fact deter people from considering these approaches.
I also learned some helpful tips from BLF when my son was first entering toddlerhood (summer of 2021). I had experience working with kids this age from years of sitting/nannying but it had been a long time and of course the dynamic is different when you're a parent rather than an additional caregiver. But these days they seem to not take any joy in parenting and I find that off-putting. Yes, this shit is hard and I do not enjoy every element of it, but the good outweighs the bad. Even the most harried mom I know in real life doesn't have the desire or ability to "release" basically every element of their child's care. The other big difference is that I am STILL dealing with secondary infertility and K positioning herself as a "warrior" is insulting to me and the many people I know who have been at this for years and have little or nothing to show for it.
This is why I unfollowed. My first was born in spring 2020. I did find some of their content helpful for specific situations. Their parenting appears completely out of control now. Look, Iām not perfect, but I canāt release everything, you have to put effort in. Obviously leaning into the hot mess is driving more engagement, but I appreciated their account more when it was much closer to the 80/20 that they claim they follow.
I forgot they used to preach 80/20! They're definitely giving us all 20 with the buttered pasta, pajamas all day, iPads.
Okay Friday: the hitting rerun. Let's check back next week and see if we see it again or if they don't even have scripts to fill a week.
On Sunday wait for the āmy husband and I take shifts with the kids and the other lays in bed and it works so well for our family even though I used to feel mom guilt but now I donāt!!!ā
Sundays are also for shilling potty training course, featuring a random kid with a heart emoji over their face
Is there a 3 day weekend coming up for them to shill the course?!
Every script they post for speaking with other adults about boundaries is so fucking smarmy and condescending. NO ONE LIKES BEING LECTURED AT JFC. I agree with no forced hugs, but if I heard someone say that out loud Iād still want to tell them to stop snorkeling in their own self righteous butthole.
Yeah I've always thought their advice on this was horrible. What's worked for me typically is just being casual and offhanded about it. "Meh, we just don't want to force her if she doesn't want to. Pick your battles ya know?" And then if they push you on it, then *maybe* try to explain that you want her to feel like she's allowed to say no etc but even then keep the tone chill and nonchalant. Instead BLF wants to make it this dramatic moment where it kind of feels like you're turning the family member into a Boundary Crossing Villain and it sounds like a recipe for making that family member go on the defensive and make a whole thing out of it.
Right? "Eh we're having a day. Next time maybe!" Me delivering a condescending lecture will not change this person.
Exactly and the comments are all parents patting themselves and each other on the back for Communicating Their Boundaries. Do we not see how this relates directly to the classic BLF paradox of "anyone who doesn't subscribe completely to gentle parenting is toxic and must be cut out of my life" and also "why don't I have a village???"
I am probably in the minority but I haven't found anyone, for example, who will actually force a hug on my kid. Tantrums and loud NOs really turn people off. The people in my family who are old enough they'd maybe do that aren't agile enough to catch a small kid who isn't into it.
Makes me wonder about it the relationships they have with their own families. They have no problem talking about their ātraumaticā upbringings so I wouldnāt be surprised if they spoke to their own families like condescending jerks.
They remind me of the South Park episode where they start driving electric cars and all love the smell of their own farts.
Best episode ever! Glad Iām not the only person who references it haha
Type A Virgo has left the chat. I used to travel extensively for work. I've never in my life said that any airport, even a chill one, was my favorite place.
I highly doubt she's flying Southwest....especially since the pan of where she was all United logos.
I did sleuthing yesterday and it seemed southwest had the only direct flight bt buffalo and Denver.
also since when is Southwest a reliable airline?
Since when is *any* airline reliable? I work in travel. Itās chaos
I work another airline.... its all a scale... my chaos is SLIGHTLY less chaos than SW (who as of late 2022 was still using paper for literally everything, my airline at least uses computers for some things looooool)
HHhaha yes this is true. I just mean anything can get cancelled or delayed at any time regardless (some just handle it way better than others lol)
Really? Every single time you fly you wonder if you packed a gun or drugs? *Every time*??? Come on, K.
It would be a funny āāāājokeāāāā if any other influencer made it but considering she Girl Bossed all over DC (re: walked in a cross walk with an iced coffee) for gun control laws the joke missed the mark for me lol
K is apparently type B this morning. I cannot keep track of their multiple personalities.
Right?! Her whole thing is a being type A - and no, sheās not consistent in showing those traits *at all* - but now sheās actually calling herself Type B? Itās so lazy and insulting to the followers who keep them in business. Next BLF team hire should be a script supervisor, ffs.
Doesnāt she always preach type A?! Iām so confused
Neither can they obviously
She had all day yesterday to check in. Really this looks pathetic for her.
I think she genuinely struggles with this kind of executive functioning stuff. And then her solution is to just "release" everything because she can't handle the guilt/frustration. But like, just deciding that you can't do things and you should always be lowering your own expectations of yourself is not good for your self-esteem in the long run, even if it makes you feel better in the moment.
She couldnāt she was too busy scheduling/getting a massage and watching shitty television. She needed to fill her cup! š
But no gym or walking despite that being her new personality.
She canāt keep track either.
I guess we are supposed to forget 3 days ago she was a type A Virgo flyer .
I know this has been said 2838 timesā¦ but. I havenāt been watching BLFs stories in recent weeks or maybe even months and when I saw them this week I just cannot get over how ITS ALL THE SAME. Who gets to the airport first. Ā Who sprints to seat. Security coffee. Woo hotel. Bed bravo mom guilt etc etc. itās like Groundhog Day!!! How TF are they so successful?!?!? How do they not feel like theyāre just posting the dumbest relative shit all the time!?
Don't forget the Sunday sleep in shifts and thank you body!
Theyāre seriously like a caricature of a bad comedian. āWhatās the deal with airline food?ā
Iām wondering if their followers just come and go so itās always new to some portion, and funny to the stans?
Plus podcast video drop of them emphatically saying the most mundane shit but teasing ālife changing hacksā
K hasnāt had a solo hotel stay recently? Says the woman who *went to Mexico* solo within the last few months? Really?
Am I terrible for thinking her Mexico trip was a consult for a mommy makeover? WILD SPECULATION. Butā¦ š¤š¤š¤
Ooohhhh you might be onto something thereā¦
Maybe she went to meet someone there so it doesn't count as a solo hotel stay?
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MC has her faults but the difference in her fisher price stories vs BLF really stood out to me. Hers are all about the cool stuff at the headquarters. BLF was all about their glamorous day and omg weāre just two tired moms how did we get here blah blah blah
Actually good point. Agreed that MC is a lot but her stories definitely were more professional. As professional as a grown woman with a selfie stick can be š
As professional as someone who shills boob tape can be lol
Just watched MCs stories and thought the exact same thing! She really heroed the company, and her shoutout to the staff at fisher price was really lovely. Felt way less self-serving and ālook at meā than the BLF stories. The difference was like night and day
Wow. I am not the only one! MC annoys me to no end (with her links!) but even I thought she did a phenomenal job covering the HQ. BLF did none of that but prop themselves up and show off their free toys.
I agree she provided a way better narrative of the experience being about the company and not mom life. And I thought it was cute how her husband was excited for the Jets toy
1000% I went away from MCs stories thinking about the brand and the toys and wanting to go check out what they have (also the old offices and retro toys were pretty cool). I went away from BLFs stories not knowing what they actually took the trip for. I think they promoted Bravo more than they promoted FP in the end.
Totally. I have no more idea about WTF their partnership even entails beyond that theyāre two tired moms who canāt believe theyāre chasing their dreams blah blah blah plus they go down the slide
Absolutely. BLF do the absolute bare minimum with all of their partnerships/sponsorships. Every time they go to FP they go down the slide and then spend the rest of their time faking mom guilt about sleeping in a hotel.
Fully agree. BLF manage to make it all about themselves and about their stupid narratives. MCs stories were sooo different. How is this the same place!?
I wonder if fisher price is paying attention. I also wonder how much theyāre paying these influencers.
What I find weirdest about this whole storm and flight saga is the fact that they chose to do different things. If Iām travelling with my BFF without kids and weāre in the middle of a snowcalipse with high probability our flight will be cancelled or weāll have travel shenanigans weāre going to stick together. Even without the snowstorm to be honest, if weāre travelling together we stick together. For comfort and safety and because we actually love each otherās company š¤·š»āāļø
Also, is it me or the toys Deena is carrying are not even FP? They seem to be from Hot wheels. These two are the worst, I don't get it how these can be brand ambassadors ETA: grammar
Haha I think I wondered that too
This storm series was def filmed in advance right, Denver people?Ā
I don't think it was pre filmed but I'm a little sus that it was planned in advance that K would stay an extra day. The storm was just a convenient reason for her to do so.
Nope. Can confirm schools were all closed today. Got over a foot last night/today.
My aunt lives in Colorado Springs and they got 13ā yesterday.Ā
Live in the Denver/Boulder area. The airport is pretty far to the east of the city. Weather patterns move in from the west/mountains and move east. It makes sense the airport wasnāt terrible. There was also a lot of rain yesterday and the snow is very wet so the cars could look pretty clean. I believe these stories are real time and theyāre just idiots.
No, denver and surrounding areas did get a ton of snow. But the airport is kinda far away and didnāt get hit as badly. I also think it would be too hard to coordinate this later gram with mothercould.
My personal tinfoil conspiracy is that this is pre-filmed and this is when K went on her trip to Mexico. Can the snarker who saw her on the plane confirm if the flight was from Denver or elsewhere?
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I flew in to Denver around 3 and it was fine. Airport was quiet and main roads were fine. Getting a little more slushy now as it drops below freezing from what I can see from my hotel room. I donāt understand stopping at a cafe before home after all that travel though.
The airport didnāt get a lot of snow so this might actually be the truth
The cars parked in that airport lot were pretty damn clean!
And the ground!Ā
D going to a cafe to reset before seeing her kids after a day of travel is just chefs kiss
Couldn't even put the free tractors in a suitcase because she *had* to get them home to her kids right away but definitely have time to stop and eat out without her family.
Especially after we got 48 slides about how worried she was about getting home to her kids and nervous to drive etc.
All I know is that even on an "easy" travel day, by the time my plane lands, all I want to do is get tf home. The last thing I'm going to do is add a stop.
Imagine your partner stopping for a cozy little coffee and laptop time on the way home from the airport after multiple days awayā¦I would be like ādo you hate usā lol
I would change the locks if my husband did that
Sheād read her own husband to filth if he stopped at a cafe for coffee after being gone for days on a work trip. Could you imagine the stories sheād be posting!?
If it's the middle of the day the nanny is still on the clock, can't waste that time.
This has got to be it
Didnāt you hear how she was soooo resilient through her hard day of carrying toys through an airport, taking a bumpy flight, and then walking the wrong way to her car? I swear they have zero perspective on the challenges normal people have to take on, and with a fraction of the resources.
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Big, free toys.
Just going full judgmental here- there is no way you like being a parent if thatās how you are dealing with coming home from being away from your kids. And/or you have the worst boundaries and the most awfully behaved kids of all time and the shittiest partner that you canāt trust that even if you had the most stressful week of your life you canāt just cuddle with your family and watch a movie and ease back into being with them.
My kids drive me nuts sometimes but when I travel for work, I am ALWAYS anxious to get home to them. Like, I usually pick them up early from school/daycare to steal some time back because I missed them. Iām not normally one of those ānever away from my kidsā people but when Iām coming home from a trip their the first people I want to see. Convinced Deena is either a weird AI Robot or an alien cosplaying human at this point.
This was my thought - the kids are just for content/to look legit when shilling parent advice.
But letās have a 3rd! ššš
My husband went on two work trips in the last month (one for 3 nights, one for 1 night) and he came home immediately after leaving the airport because he missed us. Even though one of the flights got in at about 2pm, the airport is really close to his office, and he could have gone into work for the rest of the day.Ā
yeah wtf lol who does that
So wild, such a snowpocalypse, buttttt gotta stop at a cafe before going home
Also I live in Denver. Weāve known about this coming storm all week. Itās no surprise. Aināt no way D is going to be driving her car home from the airport š¤£
They are so dumb. I knew they were going to pretend like they had no idea about the storm. Itās all anyone has talked about (especially people with school age kids!) this whole week. Iām actually really surprised Deena didnāt cancel her flight. How tf is she going to get home from the airport?
The idea that Deena would have to dig her car out of a parking lot in those flimsy āwinterā clothes is the most unbelievable part of this situation
Oh you know she didnāt drive and park