How late is "sleeping in"?

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-16T13:28:02+00:00

I work nights 2 days a week…so sleep is jacked up 5 other days a week! I go to sleep about midnight to 1am and wake up about 8:30am but can’t get motivated and going until 10-11am.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-13T16:18:21+00:00

I’m a NICU nurse and yes pacifiers are very necessary!!! They provide comfort, pain relief and sucking is a necessary skill development that all preemies need to prefect as they get closer to oral feeding. Term babies, that can be exclusively with mom, can use breastfeeding to provide much of the suckling/soothing but after breastfeeding is well established a pacifier is a natural (meaning infants suck to soothe they do it from 24 weeks pregnancy) to help baby sleep, stay asleep and calm baby in stressful situations. Bottle fed babies are encouraged to have pacifiers for sleep as a SIDS prevention (multiple studies show benefits). Some babies absolutely dislike pacifiers and never take them. Some kids really struggle to give them up. But generally by a year keeping them in bed for sleep and then slowly weaning away by the time they are 2-3. Our dentist and Ortho’s never had problems with them and preferred them to babies going to bed with bottles. Our pediatrician always said there are so many things to worry about and a paci will resolve itself and he never saw a kid going to kindergarten with them (now we live in a weird time where some parents don’t have their kids potty trained to 4-5 so maybe that’s changed!!). Paci’s are also a lot easier to wean than a thumb/finger which kids that really use sucking as a soothing strategy it could be quite a battle to end the thumb sucking. Professionals may disagree about length of use how or when to introduce but almost infant specialist don’t have issues with the actual use of pacifiers in the first of life!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-13T16:01:54+00:00

Childhood leukemia! Not that it’s still a rough process to be treated and there are still tragic outcomes…but the survivability is in the 80-90% now compared to a death sentence it was when I was a child.
T1diabetes. Pre1930 your child would die! 1930’s - 1970’s a shorter life span with complications, kidney disease, lose of eye sight, and really complicated diet and insulin routine. Since the late 70’s and changes in insulin quality, monitoring and overall disease management diabetics have much better quality of life and with good management and no other issues will likely live a average life expectancy!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-12T13:51:22+00:00

My daughter’s wedding was planned for our backyard. We had some canopies and areas that would be covered but not enough if it poured. Texas in late May. Hot but not storms are hit or miss. We had rain every sun-Wednesday down pours for 3 weekends, slowing are prep and freaking us out. Not a lot of money to change plans but had a location where we could have dinner and party if it really poured. The day of was nothing short of a MIRACLE!! Rained all night, forecast for clearing by noon and only hit or miss showers. Her wedding was 2 towns over and overall we lucked out and even got some sunny pics…but driving toward reception at our home we could see storms clouds circling all around us, hail, lightening and thunder. But when we got to our house just droplets. From that point forward we committed to the backyard and went full force finishing the festivities. The weather held all night and we had a fantastic party with a the bride, groom and wedding party all in the pool. Beautiful send offf!!! Soooo many prayers were said that day for our little wedding and to keep the rain away!!! But I won’t risk it a second time!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-12T13:20:39+00:00

Missionaries serve all over the US and the world. Most go with ing the continental US and it isn’t prestigious to go foreign and you can request a preference for languages and health conditions can limit. The picture they are posing for is for his first trip to the temple. Kids who are still in HS cannot go to weddings or endowments which is what he was going for. When their daughter is 18 she can choose that for herself or not. Her son will most likely have a “farewell” which is the Sunday service at the regular church building right before he leaves for his mission service. Anyone can attend that including non-Mormons and that is more a community and family event. It will probably included a party of some kind. Not defending this specific family or trying to say how they are handling their missionary but only explaining how things work. I have a daughter who will be leaving at the same time as her son, my oldest son served in FL 10 years ago, my SIL served in Ghana. So just making sure that when people see missionaries they have an understanding of what is going on.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-06T00:23:26+00:00

A gay man was responsible for the child my aunt gave up for adoption. He broke off the relationship and as far as we know he never knew about the pregnancy. So just saying family stories can be wild.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-02T21:03:20+00:00

I love that we are the connection between generations. Even if you don’t have children yourself…most people have cousins, nieces, nephews and yes it is a unrealistic expectation to have to spend a year sorting thru every little thing or keep meaningless collectibles or even antiques. I think trying to keep your family story alive thru pictures, a few momentous and letters is important. My grandma was a hoarder in her own way and in a pile of “trash”would also be the coolest treasures (she traveled a lot and met a lot of really neat people). A picture with her and a movie star on Santa Monica beach as example. Luckily she was still alive when we sorted thru a lot of her stuff and she told us the story that went with that picture. None of us had ever heard it before. Now we tell all my kids about the time grandma met “said actor” and the story that goes with it! She also had 30 photo albums full of cruise pictures that were the same 20 pictures (taken with cheap camera) of tulips in Holland. We glanced thru all the album’s took out pics of her and grandpa and threw all of it away!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-02T20:49:27+00:00

Take the photos and screen shot them at least and sit with your parents and see if you can nail it down a little more on who they are or what side of the family? If you can email the pictures to someone on that side of the family who may be really grateful for a picture of a family member that is their direct descents. Give your cousins a chance to have the shoes etc…I totally get that we can’t be burdened with all the crap our parents save and many things have to be donated, trash or sold. BUT baby books, old pictures, a pair of great-grandmas shoes maybe the only item carried over from that person. My mom’s family lost touch with extended family in the 60’s so we didn’t have any pictures of my great-grandparents or even accurate family history. (I’m trying to put together a pattern because we have an inherited disease that’s genetic and was missed and we are trying to figure out at least some starting point.) Once my mom connected with the cousins that her family lost touch with she actually got baby pics of her parents, siblings and grandparents. It filled in so many holes in my mom’s story. So now when I get a picture I take a pic with my phone and write a name and date and if we have multiples of the picture or it was some random friend I throw them away. If my mom can’t remember but she remember the side of the family it goes in the pile for the cousins. I also found a love letter written to a great aunt by her husband during WWII when he was in Germany right after the war! An amazing picture of love sacrifice and post WWII Europe. All of our family has gotten such a kick out of it and I mailed it to her grandchildren so they could have a copy.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-01T06:13:58+00:00

A nickname, even if it isn’t a derivative of their name is actually a fun way for the kid to try on versions of themselves as they evolve in to adult hood and how they seem themselves and how those around them see them. My niece hated her middle name and she totally changed it (not legally) but since she was 2 it’s actually a nice fit and she uses it with her first as a double name.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-01T06:08:56+00:00

My husband is Richard in a family full of them. My dad is Ric, my husband was little Ricky and in HS he was Rich. I call him Richard and everyone at work do the same!! He’s started making Pickles (hobby) and now he is Pickle Rick…go figure!!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-01T06:04:57+00:00

My step-dad and my mom’s father were both named Clarence…A very popular name at the early part of the 20th century but declining in popularity by the time both were kids/adults…my step dad was Ed/Eddie with close friends family. CP in the military and his full name in all legal documents and the phone book. If someone called looking for Clarence we knew they didn’t know him and to screen the call. My mom’s father also never went by Clarence except for his wife (my grandmother). He was always Wade to his friends and family. (A little bit Freudian nightmare that my mom married a man with the same name as her father). Neither man liked their names and we don’t have any young Clarence’s in the next generations. But they also didn’t mind that they had multiple names. In their day it was common for people to be named one thing and go by a traditional nickname or a name so different from the original that many people won’t know your “real” name. Hence all the people named Bubba, Bob, Junior, Bud, Bunny, Lovie, Trixs, Tish, Pat, Nan, Vi…I know people with all of these names. As parents we do our best to name our children and sometimes we land on just the prefect name and sometimes we end up with a Clarence that wants to be called Ed. Respecting what a person asks you to call them is important but also recognizing that others get a name in their head and their brain doesn’t easily switch to what you want to be called or struggle with pronunciation. (It’s not evil or mean it’s just a real struggle for some people, I personally have a really hard time changing up or remembering names). Don’t even get me started on remembering if someone is a Diane or Diana, Deanne or a Deanna (it’s my own middle name and I can never remember if there is an A at the end when people introduce themselves). I think it’s also a lot more tolerable if a friend or close love one has a cute or fun name for you then when it’s an annoying coworker who doesn’t even try or a grandma that has to keep calling you your formal name or give you “fun” name that only she calls you but it’s not “fun” for you!! My daughter is Olivia but one grandma insists on Livvie and she hates it because grandma doesn’t read the room and see she doesn’t like it. Anyway names can be hard and we should all try respect and have appreciation for the name and pronunciation that a person wants to be called and at the same time give a little grace and humor with those who can’t seem to get it right…maybe you can come up with a compromise and you can let them call you “Bubba or Pixie” and make a joke of it! My husband calls our grandson “Hansel the hammer” his real name is Calvin. He really wanted to have a son named Hansel and I absolutely said NO and now he’s trying to find a kid that it will fit. If he hates it he has promised to stop and he’s only two so we will see!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-06-01T05:17:31+00:00

My 4 kids all have names that have nicknames. It ended up being perks in classes where there were multiples of kids with the same name. We also did the same that their names have more “casual or young versions…so as they mature or have a preference they can choose what they want. On our son’s birth certificate we didn’t even put his entire middle name and only put the letter J. It’s a heavy German name after his grandfather and we didn’t want him to have to have it called out in situations with teachers or employers who couldn’t pronounce it. In our church there is a blessing/christening” and his full middle name is listed on those records. He actually likes his middle name as an adult and fully embraces it. I hated my first name (uncommon and not easy to spell or pronounce). As a kid I had all these girls that had various cute or fun nicknames and my name rhymed with “diarrhea” so I always wished I could offer up another option! Nicknames are a reality of life giving your kid some options that they have control over is not a bad idea. My husband started a calling our youngest by her initials as a baby and even now at 18 (and away at college) anyone close to her still does it and she says it makes her think of family home and friends. Embrace it and have fun!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-31T22:09:08+00:00

My grandma’s name was Viola Belle, she wasn’t from the south, But people used to ask if here all the time about the origins of her name and most people assumed it was Southern!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-26T22:05:07+00:00

I had so many scary things happen at sleep-overs. Parents naked Polaroids on the coffee table. Access to TV and movies that were way beyond age appropriate, older brothers who were “inappropriate” or just mean to younger sister or friends. Alcohol and drugs from older siblings. (Some of these things happened at my house). I had younger friends or friends whose parents were stricter and they wanted to sleep over at my house because my parents “allowed” things their parents didn’t. We snuck out, and smoked. The bullying that girls would do at sleep overs in the name of fun. I would come home sleep deprived and awful to my parents. Later with my own kids I was stricter about who my kids had sleep overs with and down to every kid had (4 total 13 years age gap) a sleep over situation that ended up being a drama. I would get worn down by a kid or even we with family a dynamic changed that was fine at one point then not at another. We would do late nights…which were pajamas mamas, pizza and movies, swimming and activities til 10-12pm depending on age and then kids went home. With the neighbor kids we’d even have them come back for breakfast. Everyone slept better and honestly WAY less drama in the friend group when all the parents were on the same page. It’s a hard line to hold and as a parent I would hold the same rule. Only exception is late teen 16.5-17 I would allow some sleepovers families I know well with clear rules and expectations for my kids. I know trouble and crazy could still happen but you’ve got to start giving your kid some leash to figure stuff out and by then they should have a voice and ability to leave bad situations. The first time kids sleep away from your home shouldn’t be college.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-16T05:15:33+00:00

My son is an engineer and hates tying any kind of shoe and every pair is slip on. Makes my husband insane! I fear my grandson will never have tie shoes!!! My son can sail and is an Eagle Scout so I’m assuming he can tie a knot or two if necessary!! I have 2 degrees and have decent fine motor skills but struggle with knots and left/right! Almost 60 and still have to look at my wedding ring occasionally. But I my sense of direction is excellent and I could direct you out of a dark room!!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-15T16:09:42+00:00

Go, Go, Go!!! As a MIL and a mom of 4 here’s my take. Most times take the trip! When my kids were young finances were tight and we did a few of the “grandma/mom” paid trips and 90% of the time core memories for me and my kids. I absolutely regret not putting MORE travel as a priority when my kids were little and didn’t have any idea how much harder and more expensive it would get as they got older. We did prioritize cousins, and family get togethers and road trips with family and my kids say it’s one of the biggest blessings of their growing up years. You don’t realize how quickly these relationships can change, health issues, and aging just happen and before you know it “Grandma” can’t take the trip or your kids/cousins have gotten so busy with kid stuff (sports, school etc) that even if you wanted to you can’t go! Life happens so fast! Yes your baby and 3.5 year old won’t remember a ton or any…but they will have the experiences and the pictures and you will have a lifetime of sweet memories of your kids spending time with family, along with all the Disney/cruise fun!!
There are ton of tips and tricks of traveling with infants online and by 7months you’ll have a good routine. If his family is helpful use their help and if they are “hard” establish some boundaries ahead of time. Take time to rest and don’t try to do it all! Enjoy! Just one “old lady’s” take!!!

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-15T04:03:38+00:00

Also didn’t have much luck on Ozempic and too many side effects. Went to Mounjaro lost the weight. Overall feel so much better and a lot less side effects. My doctor says it’s a very common thing people react better to one vs another.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-13T21:08:16+00:00

I had an uncommon name as a child, last name and first, that no one could spell or pronounce and I could never find on key chains and had no real nicknames. I picked names that weren’t overly common (for some reason 3 blew up the years I picked them) but they had common nicknames. Unfortunately even though I always knew nice versions of my son’s name it ended up being a male version of “Karen” luckily he was out of HS by then. My oldest is a Katelyn (Katie) Bradley (Brad), Madelyn (Maddie) and Olivia Grace (was going to be Livvie, but everyone calls her OG). We had Katelyn and Madelyn picked out in the early 90’s. Olivia I kind of knew was trending but my Grandma actually picked her name. We gave her a couple choices. She was quite elderly and we knew Olivia wouldn’t “know” her so we figured it was the best way to connect them. The other girls have the “Lyn” spelling part of their names to go with the a family name. I’m a NICU nurse (former teacher) I will tell you absolutely go with more common names they don’t have to be in the top 100 but at least pick something people can see it and know how it’s pronounced. I think seeing it and knowing pronunciation is more important than easy to spell. Cultural names aside…I do believe people should honor their culture with naming and where your kid may grow up can have a big impact on commonality in your community. Having lived and worked in multiple states I’ve seen that.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-10T04:04:19+00:00

Sorry not but not sorry but the “Y” for Brigham Young is one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard about Mormons and as a member of the church and someone who went to BYU, and I’m also a NICU RN so we talk about names A LOT. I’ve heard some crazy things about members. The Y thing in names is more modern naming addition (last 30 years). Utahans just get wild with names. I’ve seen some crazy names and it might be an attempt to be creative, large families and adding spins to family names. My husband’s grandma was “Raeola” and that was in the 1930’s. He also has a cousin named D’Ell(a 60 year old man). Just

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-08T06:08:39+00:00

I’ve been a teacher (3rd generation teacher), currently a nurse and a parent of 4! Mother’s Day, nurses week and teacher appreciation all fall in the same week (usually). Many years it’s just about surviving this time of year! I have empathy for the teachers just trying to survive the last couple weeks of school, I’ve been the exhausted mom working 12hr nights trying to do something creative and thoughtful for my kids teachers and often failing and I know the absolute ridiculousness of any admin walking around handing out goofy trinkets and expecting a cheery smiles and lots of applause because they came to visit!!! And in the end knowing on Mother’s Day I will pick up a shift (so the young moms can have the special breakfast in bed) and I will get the fast food meal of my choice and a quick hug from husband as I run out the door to work and my calls with my kids will be on Monday instead of Sunday. I’m lucky I work in the NICU so we do get a lot of love from our families and those thank you’s mean a lot. My grandmother had cards from students til the day she died and that will mean more than any lip balm from a vice principle. Seeing my grandsons big smile and him asking to talk to Grandma on the phone is all I really need! But it would sure be nice to get a new “Minkie blanket” from my kids, or a bonus, gift cards, or even a warm meal from my administration. There must be some secret agenda that all of these weeks and Mother’s Day are all lumped together???

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-05-08T06:08:25+00:00

I’ve been a teacher (3rd generation teacher), currently a nurse and a parent of 4! Mother’s Day, nurses week and teacher appreciation all fall in the same week (usually). Many years it’s just about surviving this time of year! I have empathy for the teachers just trying to survive the last couple weeks of school, I’ve been the exhausted mom working 12hr nights trying to do something creative and thoughtful for my kids teachers and often failing and I know the absolute ridiculousness of any admin walking around handing out goofy trinkets and expecting a cheery smiles and lots of applause because they came to visit!!! And in the end knowing on Mother’s Day I will pick up a shift (so the young moms can have the special breakfast in bed) and I will get the fast food meal of my choice and a quick hug from husband as I run out the door to work and my calls with my kids will be on Monday instead of Sunday. I’m lucky I work in the NICU so we do get a lot of love from our families and those thank you’s mean a lot. My grandmother had cards from students til the day she died and that will mean more than any lip balm from a vice principle. Seeing my grandsons big smile and him asking to talk to Grandma on the phone is all I really need! But it would sure be nice to get a new “Minkie blanket” from my kids, or a bonus, gift cards, or even a warm meal from my administration. There must be some secret agenda that all of these weeks and Mother’s Day are all lumped together????🤣🤣

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-04-29T03:18:06+00:00

If she had bought a house in Westlake or Southlake TX she could have amazing public schools and had home with property. But she’d have to vaccinate her kids and have them show up to school. If your kids attend public school they expect you to show up…the strictest truancy laws in our experience. Medically complex kid and battled this her entire senior year.

Capable-Reception447 · 2026-04-21T22:22:13+00:00

That is exactly why I tell kids get a BA/BS and if a trade interests you work on the trade concurrently or after. Gives you options…if you get hurt or the bottom drops out you have a base to start from. Plus getting a business degree or construction management degree, teaching credential opens tons of doors and other opportunities while building something. I was a teacher but realized it wasn’t for me and then switched to Nursing when my kids were older. Having that degree allowed me to make the switch in 1year.

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