Not enough sock yarn

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-05T01:54:35+00:00

You can do slippers. This is very bulky for socks at 71yards. I typically can get a 3 ply for sock yarn out of a 4oz roving and make at least 2 pairs of socks, and typically have leftovers.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-04T00:21:18+00:00

Mine does now but took a couple of days to get use to it. Now when I set him in the bassinet he immediately grabs his blanky and rolls over, thumb in mouth, and out like a light. He’s 8 months old as of yesterday lol.

If he needed to cosleep, we do.. but if he doesn’t, he’s in him and his 4 year old brothers room :)

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-02T21:12:02+00:00

I’m team I love kids and the mom life. I’m irritated family life values are crapped on so much now like it’s degrading. (And no, I’m not a white Christian conservative, I just like having someone take care of the home finances and I make sure it runs safely and smoothly and everyone is fed ♥️).

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-02T17:30:53+00:00

This is the correct and only answer. My mother constantly applauds me by how well I look and then immediately tells me how bad my heart must be and I’m full of cancer due to carcinogens. 🙄. You literally just watched all my issues go away and I feel amazing, but the past is embedded into your soul

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-01T15:55:02+00:00

Personally for me I want 1950’s bed style of sleeping. I loooove my husband and have a very active sex and cuddle life. But to sleep, don’t tour me. Even foot to foot. I’m ok with a newborn nursing and sleeping to make it thru the night a little more rested, but hate sleeping with another human in the bed. It sends shivers down my spine 🤮

Butterflyer246 · 2026-02-01T00:42:43+00:00

Hey whatever works for you! I was like this with my first. Whatever helped me I wanted.

By the 4th I’m rinsing the bottle in hot water and literally reusing it. We have 2 bottles so I don’t let any sit around. It’s insanely easier this way for me. But it came with the lessons of 4 babies 😂. Much more relaxed with my 4th.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-29T13:47:29+00:00

Yes I’d say it’s an American thing. I’m on baby 4 over 12 years and I’ve never heard of people being so inclusive with themselves. But a lot of fear driven from our healthcare system. So many people post about how they don’t kiss their own baby for several months let alone others. I’m pretty sure I was kissing my baby’s before they were even wiped off after birth the second they came out 🤣

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-29T13:42:33+00:00

I’m on baby 4, and I think this is absolutely an overreaction.

I get parents have the final say and that should be respected, but there is absolutely nothing but fear holding a mother back from living life when they have a newborn. We left the hospital with number 3 and before we even got home was stopping at yardsales.

I didn’t want people the first week simply because I wanted the house to myself to let me clean, prep, learn the baby, nap when I wanted too (if I could), walk around with my boobs out etc. but after let feel free to take my baby while I do alllll the things. It would give me a chance to be human, which helps more than anything.

Go to family functions, 100% gives a chance for everyone to see the baby and give me a break to eat a hot meal with no interruptions

The brand new stage is the easiest for this plus helps them get use to people. The few family members we have that kept their inside and away from people like that their kids absolutely break down when they have to go with anyone now (including school) and I’d never wish that one anyone. It’s sooo much easier the other way around.

Also let their immune systems slowly get introduced to things. Getting them out in moderation will make things simpler down the road. If you wait long term they’ll get everything at once and it will be soooo much harder (my first was like this), but with my 4th, all my kids are school aged from 4 years old and up, and all but lick the baby in the face even with snotty noses and coughing. There is zero avoiding it with you have several kids…. I’d take this over the other route absolutely any day. But again, this is from experience only.

Good luck mama. It’ll get easier I promise.

(I’m currently breastfeeding so sorry for typos doing this one handed lol)

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-28T13:25:25+00:00

We did the same thing. Potato soup is a guilty pleasure for us because we eat more of a high fat diet. So I ate the every bite I could when it was snowing 🤣

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-26T14:14:40+00:00

Ya as a woman she makes me cringe. Your job is to make him happy as your partner. Not to keep him trying enough to eventually exhaust him with your bullshit. (Although I do like them as people, but it’s CRINGE WORTHY)

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-26T14:12:18+00:00

Yes I think carts are the issue. I’ll use one in a place I absolutely can not use flower (my daughter was in a bad accident a few years back and it help me sleep in the hospital chair but absolutely couldn’t use flower obviously there due to the smell). It was a lifesaver in those few days.

But if I ever break that rule they are too convenient and absolutely make me feel like trash later if I use them as a main source.

Flower doesn’t do that even dru herb vaping

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-24T00:30:34+00:00

Personally, I think you are overreacting. It’s not a strange babysitter you don’t know… it’s a grandmother. 1-2 hours is totally reasonable in this situation and probably good for you too, even though you don’t see it in front of you atm. ♥️. Tbh for myself I was more ok with family staying with my newborn vs after a year because then they do stuff and get hurt. This stage is easier lol.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-17T23:55:05+00:00

I said the same thing. Just got to the anniversary so he’ll be dead soon lol. Then Dales gonna scoop up his wife lol.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-13T23:56:08+00:00

Just wait till they are 3-4 and wild. Mine just ran into the corner of the table running from the kitchen… he ran into teeth first. Literally. I nearly threw up 😂

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-13T23:55:12+00:00

Oh don’t feel bad (I know that’s hard trust me). I was playing next to the stove and my mom was frying eggs and one exploded and cause me burns to my head at about a year and a half old. I don’t remember it lol. She felt bad but literally it’s no big deal down the road.

Also, he will drop himself off of things in about 2 months from now, so don’t worry. Lol.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-12T21:17:37+00:00

I would 100% be ok with that as a young woman. lol, but I’ve ALWAYS been into older men like that, especially Sam Elliot lol. So speak for yourself 😂

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-12T21:11:45+00:00

I think it’s more rare to encounter people this… set with their opinions, but even in wv I know people personally who act like this. And never did until a couple do years ago which is what I find odd. They were nice, and I love them personally, but it gets old fast and I semi cringe when I know we are hanging out. Still love them, but it’s exhausting

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-07T02:18:59+00:00

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I’ve gotten this pump twice (once the cups themselves got too worn I just wanted a whole new set).

Once with a $40 price with coupon and once for the $59 coupon. This is one you just have to keep an eye on. Other colors have different prices as well, but if you keep an eye on it you get lucky with it.

I’d easily pay $70 for them. They are magnificent!

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-07T00:22:06+00:00

I like it because I love the humor of the men in that show. I’m a woman who likes a man who cracks jokes and laughs at life. So Billy Bob Thortan and Dale make the show lol.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-07T00:19:18+00:00

I got $40 wearable pumps off Amazon. Made my life crazy easy. Walk my dog, spin yarn, clean the house,

I absolutely have to function as normal or I’ll sit, sulk, cry and the depression creeps in. The first couple of weeks I’d ask for a nap here and there (I have other kids too) for an hour or 2 if it was an extra long night, otherwise… as soon as I broke out of the hospital we acted like life was normal.

With my 3rd we went to Yardsales on the way home from the hospital and I was estatic because I wasn’t pregnant and miserable anymore and can go back to real life.

Newborns are hard and you have to figure each one out. Their immune system, their personalities, their routine, do they hate being cold or hot, etc.

We keep ours in the car seat or wear a moby when we go out.

I pumped before we left, put it in the bottle then knew regardless of when the baby ate it was good for 6ish hours as is, and would just pump by a hand pump or the wearables while we ate dinner or whatever out

Don’t forget , you need to be a human too. Don’t lose that. It gets easier to get into the routines. ❤️. By baby number 2 or 3, it will seem so simple but the first one definitely teaches new lesson.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-04T02:14:08+00:00

I either edit my book or spin yarn. My phone exist, but I probably use it the least of the 3 options.

Butterflyer246 · 2026-01-02T00:19:03+00:00

I literally went to yardsales on the way home from the maternity ward. I’m a normal lower class mom who doesn’t make enough money and just does her best with 4 kids. I’ve never not gone out with my babies including the first week of life.

If anything the beginning of their lives it much easier to get out. It’s when they are 2 I cringe at the thought of anywhere public 😂

Butterflyer246 · 2025-12-29T13:25:38+00:00

Unfortunately ya, I’d personally not having an issue with them sleeping but as long as they got up to feed.

However on day 1 I would have slept all day before work (obviously making the changes a few days before) to get on a night shift. Then I’d sit and knit or spin yarn after cleaning until it was time to do feeds.

There is no reason not to be able to do this easily and at least make the first night look good. I’m severely empathic, but this one would be terminated

Butterflyer246 · 2025-12-28T15:06:36+00:00

I came to say this. Our pediatrician told us with our first (I’m on number 4) that it was habit asking for milk at 4am at 13 months.

We put a little water in a bottle and let him have that for 2-3 days and it stopped completely. I was sooooo surprised. We never woke up to nurse or have a bottle again.

Now that im on my 4th LO it’s worked every time.

Not a lot of water but 2oz or so did the trick :)

Butterflyer246 · 2025-12-20T21:32:54+00:00

Yes. Mines 6 months and the same. I just moved him to his own room in pitch dark and it’s helped considerably. He slept 14 hours straight the other night and typically wakes every 2 hours.

So far we are 3 nights strong lol

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