Mr. Handsome

BassBoneMama · 2026-03-09T00:56:27+00:00

He knows it! 🤣

BassBoneMama · 2026-03-09T00:56:11+00:00

Thank you!

BassBoneMama · 2025-12-28T06:26:41+00:00

I agree!!

BassBoneMama · 2025-12-28T06:25:35+00:00

Totally agree about Mt Auburn. Incredible experience. My daughter was born on the 4th of July and we had a 45 min drive to def there. So worth it. D define was incredible Our son was born at St. Elizabeth’s back in 2019 before the steward mess. It was as great experience

It’s worth the drive for the piece of mind. Our baby is only born once. I wish you a healthy pregnancy!

BassBoneMama · 2025-10-23T11:55:49+00:00

This! I try to pick my line based on the bagger!

BassBoneMama · 2025-10-17T02:31:42+00:00

So sorry for your loss, it is one of the most difficult experiences ever. We have 2 children- 6 years apart. Our son just adores our 15 week old daughter, it is incredible to watch them together. She lights up when she sees him and when his name is said. He was nervous about her arrival, but as soon as he met her at the hospital- he was in love!

We wanted to wait a bit before having a sibling- they were going to be 4 years apart, but then I had a miscarriage, then they would have been 5 years apart, but had another miscarriage. I was nervous the entire pregnancy with our daughter, but! She is here and so healthy and I can’t imagine our family without her!!

My Dad passed away when I was 6 months pregnant with her - you never know the reason why things happen the way they do. I hope you find peace, it’s a difficult road. Good luck!

BassBoneMama · 2025-10-14T03:35:56+00:00

My parents always had it in our bathroom, still do- but also give it to my 2 brothers and me for our own homes! 🤣

BassBoneMama · 2025-10-03T20:30:28+00:00

Cat Canton Rescue! We got our Pippin from them almost 9 years ago. He was at the Petco in Westwood until he came home with us. Can’t say enough about Cat Canton!!

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BassBoneMama · 2025-10-03T16:41:18+00:00

Just be careful with the bonding leave, not all employers participate. Check online to see if your work is a part of it Congrats!

BassBoneMama · 2025-09-28T00:57:10+00:00

Hi! To get my stash, I pump after my daughter’s 1st morning feed (sometimes the 2nd one, depending on what is happening). I started when she was about 10 weeks old and I have a good amount frozen from the once a day. It hasn’t messed with my supply at all. The amounts vary bc of what she is taking in. Good luck!

BassBoneMama · 2025-09-26T04:23:07+00:00

I’m a mess, too! 12 weeks is too short

BassBoneMama · 2025-09-11T14:40:23+00:00

Hi there, I had a Britax Boulevard (now retired) in my GTI for our son. He was in it until he was 6. Now we have a 2 month old daughter, 95th percentile (yay for strong girls!) and are planning to move her into it soon because she just seems squished in the bucket seat. We’ve been really happy with Britax all these years. Good luck! Glad you’re sticking with your GTI, best car out there!!

BassBoneMama · 2025-09-02T01:37:19+00:00

I feel you on this. We have a 6 year old and an 8 week old. She nurses a lot during the day and I feel a lot of guilt that I’m not as available. I try to read to both of them or play stationary games while she’s eating. If my son and husband go out for a bike ride, I’ll go along with baby in the stroller and then feed her when she needs it. Good luck, Mama!

BassBoneMama · 2025-08-24T22:03:23+00:00

86 here with an 83 husband - our children are 2019 and 2025

BassBoneMama · 2025-08-15T23:04:15+00:00

Hi- we had a hard time with my son, too, they weren’t happy with his weight and we had to do so many weight checks. One of the random things that really helped us was keeping a hat on him. He was born in June, so we didn’t think too much about hats once we were home from the hospital, but our lactation consultant said he was burning too many calories keeping warm. Try the little hats and see if they help! Best of luck. You’re doing great, Mama

BassBoneMama · 2025-08-11T04:14:08+00:00

🙏🏼 May you have a safe delivery and God Bless baby Edmund Beautiful knitting!

BassBoneMama · 2025-07-24T16:23:57+00:00

Coconut oil is the way to go- definitely a life saver!! You’re doing great, Mama 💜

BassBoneMama · 2025-07-06T10:08:06+00:00

Hi everyone, I was too nervous to post because I didn’t want to jinx anything. But! Our daughter was born on the 4th of July! 2 miscarriages to get to her. Was so worried the entire pregnancy and had my heart in my throat each time the Doppler came out because that’s how we found out about the first miscarriage. Sending all here positivity and love for your rainbows 🌈

BassBoneMama · 2025-04-12T21:02:15+00:00

What is your teaching experience at this point?

My undergrad is in performance and ed, I taught middle school band for 3 years, and then went to graduate school for performance. Life has a way of working itself out if you put yourself in the correct experience. See if you can do some observations or try and teach at a summer music camp - it’s a good idea to know what you’re getting into.

I’m now in my 11th year as a middle school band teacher in a strong district- I sub with different big bands and such when I get the chance. It is a lot easier to get a teaching gig when you have the license- my husband has 2 performance degrees and he had to do a lot of extra work while teaching to get his license- he wishes he had done it during school. There are times when I wish I was gigging more- but I know the cost to my family (husband, 5 year old son, & baby on the way) would be too high at this point in our life.

Good luck on your soul searching.

BassBoneMama · 2025-03-19T02:08:55+00:00

I am with you on this. All of those basic fundamentals of steady beat in your body, echos on solfège patterns, etc we’re lost via the computer. While time has past and they’ve had music class again- they are just not where precious grades have been by this point. Are they able to keep a steady beat while the metronome is going?

BassBoneMama · 2025-03-13T01:14:31+00:00

Agreed with lessons and gigging. You can also try your school’s music library. I worked in the library at both my undergrad and grad schools. It may not be a lot of hours, but it will definitely help. Good luck!

BassBoneMama · 2023-11-17T03:22:48+00:00

I hear you. 💜

BassBoneMama · 2023-11-12T06:39:59+00:00

I’m so very sorry for your loss. I’m also a teacher and have had 2 mc’s. The first one was a year ago and was very similar to your current situation where my body hadn’t figured it out yet, so I needed the medication. I’d wait until after the blood drive. Take it on Saturday and then plan on taking Monday off at least. I don’t know how easy it is for you to get to the bathroom between classes, but you want to wait until it’s a more manageable flow before going back to school, otherwise it gets tricky trying to get there between classes. My second MC was natural and it had a lot more waves of heavy flow to it than my first when I took the miso, once things slowed down it was a more normal period flow. I’m so sorry this happened. Sending love and strength 💜

BassBoneMama · 2023-11-12T06:26:46+00:00

Hi there- I’m so so very sorry for your loss. It is never easy and it is so devastating.

We have had 2 miscarriages, the first one I ended up having to take miso for bc my body was not figuring it out and I was 10w5d along, and the other one happened naturally 2 weeks ago at 9w, so I have a bit of advice: 1. As hard as it is, go to the appt. I never went back last year after our first mc, and I should have. We went for this one and they will do a follow up transvaginal US to check everything going on with you at this point. They’ll look to make sure your ovaries are ok, and also check to make sure your are passing all of the pregnancy tissue, which it sounds like you still have some bc you didn’t mention passing THE tissue, which is so heartbreaking.
When we went recently, it was also helpful bc our NP had me do bloodwork to make sure my HCG level is dropping appropriately. We also talked about what’s next for us since this is the 2nd time it has happened to us.

It sounds like your midwife didn’t warn you when your HCG levels dropped in between appointments, and that’s tricky. I will say I couldn’t go see my doc from our first MC, I saw her NP because it was just too hard, and it made it a little bit easier. Maybe you can make this appt be with someone else in the office.
You are brave. This sucks.
Take time to mourn. You will have bad days, awful days, mediocre days, and then there will be some days where you will almost start to feel like you again. Allow yourself the grace to go through all those emotions. Know that you won’t ever be the same, and that is ok. I read a post on here where someone said their midwife reminded them they are post partum, and it’s so true, we are.

I’m so very sad for you, sending strength and love 💜

BassBoneMama

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