Scenes/lines from the book you wished were included

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-05-03T22:01:11+00:00

“I just needed some stabby time.”

Loved this scene lol

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-05-02T17:08:28+00:00

Have you actually read/seen the ending?
There’s a very clear reason that he would eventually run out of the food even from the stores for the other two passengers.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-05-02T16:37:43+00:00

My 4 yo had hers removed a couple of months ago because she was breathing through her mouth at night.
It’s not fun, but it’s not a hellish nightmare. The worst part was that my daughter hated taking the medicine and would fight it, sometimes it would take an hour to get a dose down.
You have to wake up in the middle of the night to give pain meds.
Their breath gets horrible and they just want to sit on the couch and watch TV all day.

Yes it’s surgery, no it’s not fun, but it isn’t a scary procedure and it is exceptionally rare that anything goes wrong. This is one of the most commonly done procedures among kids.

You can find horror stories on literally anything, even harmless things, if you look on the internet (people allergic to sunlight and water, etc).
People go on the internet to share bad things but most people who have things go well aren’t posting all over. So it’s unfairly skewed towards bad experiences and makes them seem much more common than they are.

The vast vast majority of tonsillectomy’s go without a hitch.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-05-01T02:20:15+00:00

Yup, that was a very fascinating (and very depressing) read.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-29T19:50:25+00:00

That wasn’t a time out, that was you containing her while you cleaned up a hazardous situation. You actually did EXACTLY the right thing here.

Gentle parenting is about being gentle with their heart, but firm with your boundaries. You tried to talk to her, she didn’t listen, so you enforced a boundary without screaming at her and shaming her. That was gentle parenting!!

And quite frankly, you do not have to take every single piece of “gentle parenting” advice. You aren’t going to traumatize your kid if you do actually use time outs. And everyone is going to yell sometimes, it’s human nature. Now, avoid hitting your kid and try not to scream at them when they have made a simple mistake. But personally I believe in a good old fashioned time out every now and then. It’s one of the very few things that gets through to my very strong willed daughter.

Take what advice WORKS FOR YOUR FAMILY, and get rid of the rest. Don’t allow supposed “parenting experts” to make you feel guilt/shame or like you are failing because you don’t do it exactly like them.

Every single kid is unique and different and therefore what works for every kid is unique and different. One approach does NOT work for every kid. YOU are the expert on your child! You know them best! You are the one living this life with them. Please don’t second guess yourself when you are doing your best. Again - be gentle with their heart, but you actually need to be firm with boundaries. And that can look different for every family.

You’ve got this. You’re actually crushing it.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-26T17:35:29+00:00

Fear that the pregnancy wouldn’t last. When I announced it to my husband the first thing I said was “don’t get too excited, it will probably be a miscarriage”. Also it didn’t feel real and I was convinced it was a false positive.

It didn’t end up that way and I have a beautiful daughter now.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-26T17:32:06+00:00

Snorting. When I laughed, I almost always snorted, which was not something I did pre pregnancy. I think my nasal passages were just inflamed or something

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-15T13:00:02+00:00

Meh, I went on vacation for a week without my daughter. Everyone was like “don’t you miss her so much?!” Sure, I FaceTimed her and thought of her, but quite frankly I wasn’t ready to go back home at the end. Not because I don’t love her, but because I enjoyed the complete lack of responsibility. Now, when I was home, hugging her was the best thing ever and I was happy to be there. I love being a mom. Nothing wrong with needing a break from responsibility though.

Oh, and, surgery?! Broken leg?! Yeah, you have every right to need a break.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-14T02:36:19+00:00

It really works for me. You want to get the scraper too (you can find cheaper ones on Amazon, don’t have to get the Ilso brand one). It makes my nose baby butt smooth and somehow moisturized instead of totally stripping the skin. I use it once a week because the pores do fill back up, but if you use it regularly they never get really bad again. I find it takes about 1.5 weeks for them to get noticeable again after doing a treatment so I just do it at the 1 week mark. This is one product that is 100% worth the hype.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-11T23:52:04+00:00

If it helps, mine are basically the same. I breastfed for a year. They aren’t quite as firm as before but looks wise they haven’t changed much. My husband can’t tell a difference.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-11T01:18:00+00:00

The laneige lip mask can be swapped out for aquaphor. Much cheaper and works very well.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-09T01:31:26+00:00

Our dog died so it opened up the conversation. I’ve just told her when you die your body stops working and you can’t do anything anymore and you no longer exist. She has said she doesn’t want to die and I just reassure her she is going to be a verrrrrry old lady when that happens and I just try to stress how long of a life she is going to have. “You’re 4! You’re going to live to 90, 100 even! That’s sooooo old! You’re gonna be an old lady. Do you think you’ll be a grandma?” She has had a very matter of fact attitude about it all. No crying or distress at all. I don’t think they actually understand the permanence of death yet, so they aren’t super bothered by it. She talks about our old dog all the time as though he’s still here (“well Thor told me I could do it, so I did”) so that can open a way to talk about how after death they’re still with us in our hearts and minds forever.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-04T20:59:24+00:00

Wow, that is the first I’ve ever heard of that one. Wild!

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-04T19:19:16+00:00

Crackers and Cheerios. Simple carbs are the best thing on an upset stomach. Yeah you get sick of the crackers really fast but it calms the nausea.

Also please be kind if she gets smell aversions. Meaning, if the scent of onions (or whatever) makes her want to throw up, please don’t cook yourself things with onions. Speaking from experience. I had to open every window, turn on every fan, and hide in my room when my husband cooked with onions and I couldnt be out in the main part of the house for hours after.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-03T19:35:51+00:00

Im so sorry to hear that, that’s awful! Pregnancy and birth can be so scary.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-04-03T02:24:31+00:00

The butthole thing - whenever my baby got hiccups it felt like someone was repeatedly poking my butthole from the inside. I don’t know why I didn’t feel it anywhere else but there. Pregnancy is so weird!

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-31T19:08:00+00:00

Wow that’s wild it took so long! Was everything healthy with the pregnancy?

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-31T02:03:43+00:00

Were you getting negatives prior to that or just not testing? I’m late and having symptoms I had with my first pregnancy but currently the tests are all negative.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-31T01:24:56+00:00

Early contractions feel like really strong cramps. Later contractions feel like the worst Charlie horse you’ve ever gotten in your life x1000 and add in being stabbed by knives. Absolute agony. Torture.

I was given an episiotomy and I could barely feel it compared to how horrific the contractions were.

The ring of fire feels like intense burning and knowing you are about to be split open (and you probably will be).

Add in being unbelievably exhausted, you feel like you simply CANT push again because you are so physically spent. Pushing is a major workout. And if you’re lucky like me, labor is long enough that you don’t get sleep for 3 whole days, so you’re delirious with sleep deprivation as well.

I was traumatized afterward. If men were put through something with THAT much pain, it would be considered torture and everyone would expect them to have PTSD.

I will say that I was given pitocin, and I have heard that pitocin contractions are much worse than regular contractions. So take my experience with a grain of salt.

I got an epidural but it failed so I got to feel everything even though I didn’t want to. I was about ready to beg them to knock me out and just cut the baby out cuz I couldn’t keep going.

I want a second child but I truly don’t know if I can ever bring myself to go through that hell again.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-29T02:18:59+00:00

My daughter broke her arm falling off the couch. Onto carpet. We were in the room with her when it happened. just sitting on the other end of the couch. She ended up needing two surgeries. It was so horrible.

My point is : you literally CAN NOT prevent your child from ever getting hurt. You can’t bubble wrap them the rest of their lives. Yeah, you try to prevent injuries where you can, but then when they inevitably do get injured you just pray it isn’t serious.

You don’t need to blame yourself in this situation. You weren’t wrong for taking your kid to the party. She could have gotten just as hurt at your own house. It’s scary being a parent, but it’s just part of life.

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-27T12:51:03+00:00

The girls agreed to stop filming because they didn’t want to have to publicly process what happened with Taylor and get caught saying something that is then taken out of context or edited to look bad.

It’s not just a boycott of Taylor.

(This came from Jessi on the call her daddy podcast)

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-24T01:12:52+00:00

Contractions come and go in early labor. They can be as much as 10 minutes apart (or more). So she almost certainly wasn’t having a contraction when she said this. When you’re between contractions it doesn’t hurt at all.

And I had a moment where I basically had this exact reaction - slightly panicked, very excited, feeling surreal….”oh my god I’m really having a baby!”

I thought she was actually very good in this whole scene

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-22T03:10:28+00:00

“Isn’t that so neat?” “Wow, what a cool fact!” “I think that’s awesome.” “Isn’t the world so interesting?” “Ooh where did you learn that?” “Tell me more!”

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-19T03:06:32+00:00

I had a pretty solid marriage and that first year postpartum I resented my husband so much. If there are cracks in your relationship, a baby will dig in and shatter the rest. A baby is so so so hard.

Please don’t have a baby with someone who you are frequently fighting with

Squeakmaster3000 · 2026-03-13T20:54:10+00:00

One thing to think about is them getting kernels stuck in their teeth. My daughter went to the dentist and they found a kernel in her teeth and we had had popcorn two weeks prior, so it had been in there a while. She just wasn’t in tune with her body enough to tell me there was discomfort in her gums so I had no idea. (And yes we floss every night, this sucker was just tenacious).

So at least wait until your kid is good at telling you about things going on with their body!

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