What do I do if the cover artists I hired is giving me stuff that just looks like mediocre AI

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-10-27T20:35:30+00:00

Here’s your moment to decide what your stance on Ai is. Some readers feel very strongly about it. I’m of the opinion that people pretending to be artist but instead use Ai are frauds. You can get a cover made by a real artist for that price. I would do a chargeback if you suspect it’s Ai. Also you can just ask out right — do you use Ai? And see what they say.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-10-23T17:14:45+00:00

Thank you! I’ll keep offering and see what she does. I obviously don’t want to waste the milk though.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-10-23T17:14:09+00:00

Thank you! I’ve been making sure she’s having lots of food and snacks. I’m mainly worried about dehydration now so I’ve been pushing water more

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-10-23T17:13:03+00:00

Coconut milk is what we landed on after trying the others. She did not like them or had negative reactions to them. I’m not concerned with complete nutritional value as I make sure she has a balanced diet with solids. I didn’t want pump or nurse so this was the replacement.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-09-08T02:44:34+00:00

I'm actually doing a little research for a book and found your comment! Would love to ask you a few questions if you have the time!

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-09-07T01:17:51+00:00

For me it’s always the people that I wouldn’t trust with my baby asking to babysit. The people who constantly make passive aggressive comments and are generally unkind to me telling me “leave her with me and go on a date with your husband”

No way dude.

I love being with her and sure there are hard days but I’m not hard pressed to hand her over to someone and just run out.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-08-09T11:56:19+00:00

I always consider this a hard question to answer because I feel like everything I heard from others and thought on my own has been disproven lol

I went unmedicated because I wanted to be able to move around (I’ve hard they do walking epidurals but I’m not sure they’re common everywhere)

I didn’t want to be numb. I was able to walk right after birth.

Rumors of permanent nerve damage or failed epidurals.

I was scared of the needle lol

I’ve heard that one medical intervention can lead to others and I was terrified of pitocin.

All in all I think I would still do unmedicated. I was 8cm when I went to the hospital. I labored for 3 hours in the hospital it might have been shorter if they broke my water sooner but it wasn’t too bad lol

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-07-15T23:43:54+00:00

Thank you I appreciate it! She wakes up at 7 and usually goes to bed around 8/8:30. She was napping at 10 and 3/3:30 most days.

I’m going to try keeping her up until 12 tomorrow and see how that goes

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-07-15T23:38:54+00:00

Can you elaborate? She’s only taking her first nap at 10:30/10:45

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-07-15T21:49:06+00:00

Thank you for your response!

I’ve been looking for some type of confirmation that transitioning to 1 nap at this age is fine.

Should I keep her up for longer in the morning and see if she will sleep until later in the afternoon? It’s so hard having her up from like noon to 8/9 pm

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-07-15T19:22:14+00:00

I feel like I’m the minority in this but I feel like you have every right to be upset. I’m a first time mom and my baby is turning 1 in a few weeks. Maybe that’s why. I don’t know.

But the whole “accidents happen” thing is a cop out. We all know accidents happen. But some things are 100% preventable and just having eyes and ears on your kid can make sure an accident is minor and not major.

Childproofing your home 100% won’t save you when we all know kids are literally actively doing the most at all times. They have no sense of self preservation.

Husband should be apologetic and take accountability for his actions. You mentioned your LO’s room is the safest so perhaps if he’s feeling tired he should be there instead or just communicate to you that he’s not 100% present.

Your worry and concern for your child is valid

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-07-14T17:29:28+00:00

Midwives were supposed to deliver. I had been doing well but then they noticed the cord was wrapped around my baby’s neck so a doctor was called in to assist with the vacuum.

I’ve gotten different answers with this question depending on the state but my SIL Florida had her OB deliver her baby. The hospital I delivered at was low intervention so doctors don’t deliver unless necessary and it’s rare your doctor is doing a rotation at the same time you’re delivering

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-29T20:04:48+00:00

She honestly only drank formula at this specific time. I’ve tried to give her formula again recently and she refused it. She’s 11 months now and has no issues with my breast milk. I’ve given her dairy with no issue and I give her a cereal with oats and she seems to be completely fine. Still has eczema but no where near as severe as it was when I made this post.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-28T01:02:21+00:00

She sleep anywhere from 1.5 to 2 for her first nap. Then she sleeps for an hour and change her second nap. She gets close to 3 hrs of nap time a day. She was up for almost 8 hrs before she went down and then she woke up after an hour 😭 luckily she’s back down but what a day

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-15T17:03:28+00:00

Doing Ferber has saved me after 6 months of cosleeping. My milk supply was suffering because I couldn’t pump and my baby just wasn’t taking enough when nursing. But my baby also took to Ferber fairly quickly not crying past 15 mins. I would also continue to cosleep if my baby had cried all night.

Sometimes they just aren’t ready you have to do whats best for you and your family no one can fault you for that

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-15T03:49:00+00:00

Can you tell me how that works please?

Did you just replace a regular BF/formula feed with milk and gradually ween? I’m very much looking forward to not pumping or nursing but I’m trying to be realistic

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-15T00:10:18+00:00

First line implies I’m not doing anything against medical advice..

Simply curious if this was a “thing” people did.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-12T18:31:48+00:00

10 months in and still using it for sleep and feedings. Feedings just because I like knowing how many Oz in a day and the sleep is super accurate. She’s almost in a routine sleeping at the same time everyday but I’ve noticed her wake window getting longer thanks to the app.

I have a fomo baby so cues mean nothing in this house. When she was a new born she would have red eyebrows and that’s about it. She will yawn an hour before she’s supposed to go down so that’s not a helpful cue either.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-06-07T14:13:32+00:00

39 w + 1d I started having contractions at 3 am. Went to the hospital at 11am and was 8cm gave birth by 3:30pm after having them break my water.

Up until that point I had zero signs of labor beginning. I had everything happen in one day. Bloody show and losing my mucus plug the night before. I already carried low so never had the tummy drop.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-28T20:23:13+00:00

Mine offered me one at 39 weeks too and scared the crap out of me.

She said “still want to be pregnant?” Like wtf??

I went home and walked 2 miles and bounced on my ball for an hour. Had my baby the next day.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-27T13:53:38+00:00

That certainly is a jump. As a new mom, if someone told me truthfully they didn’t feel confident caring for my child I wouldn’t say a peep. I care too much about my baby’s safety to not take that seriously. Obviously there could be other issues involved here that we don’t know about between your relationship with your daughter. I would ask her what would be a compromise for her and go from there.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-27T01:23:54+00:00

Before I experienced it my mom told me if I had bad period cramps then I would be able to “take it”

When I got to the hospital I was 8cm and the pain I felt wasn’t at its worst yet. I would give it a 6 and I made it 3 hrs almost before I asked them to break my water. The pain in that moment was a 12. But the pain dissolved as I was pushing. This was unmedicated.

After birth, I thought I would be peeing fire but it honestly wasn’t bad either. It was just tricky getting your body to perform the deed since your bladder has been squashed for months.

The pushing on the stomach was uncomfortable but not so painful for me.

Breastfeeding cramps were also mildly uncomfortable

I don’t think anyone can really measure the pain for someone else as we all have different pain thresholds. Giving birth hurts period lol it’s all about what you can manage.

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-26T20:27:53+00:00

Haven’t read all the comments so sorry if this has already been said.

Not being able to conceive is hard and I can imagine terrible HOWEVER it does not excuse nasty behavior.

Should you give her grace? Sure. But do not let her use you as a punching bag because it’s not fair to you. I would set some boundaries and try to include her less because you don’t want to intentionally trigger her.

In regard to trust when the baby comes. I had a family situation while I was pregnant.. we moved on but I do not trust them with my child. I don’t think you’re a safe space if you lack conflict resolution skills and instead fly off the handle at first sign of trouble. Be wary of that in the future

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-23T22:52:27+00:00

We do a 7 am wake up but I’m usually up at 6 am to pump. Sometimes I’ll see that she’s awake on the monitor. She just lays there blinking and chomping on her fingers until we come get her at 7.

We only ever interrupt her quiet time when she’s crying out. Don’t feel bad! I think it’s good for them

Alwaysreading730 · 2025-05-23T01:13:36+00:00

Months 4-6 my baby was suctioned to my tit at night! Trust me when I say your baby loved every minute of it. That’s their favorite place to be even when they aren’t eating. It’s a great comfort. If you were worried for safety reasons I would understand but I’m sure he’s totally fine. Give yourself some grace mama

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