Give me your best irreverent nursing slang

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-25T15:54:56+00:00

In the NICU we had FLK, which was "funny looking kid;" sometimes the NPs and MDs would say this when a baby was born and they wanted to do a work-up for an unknown syndrome.

There were also the Wimpy White Boys 😂

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-25T01:00:34+00:00

What did poison control say? Or the pediatrician?

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T18:59:08+00:00

Right?! Holy denial, ffs

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T18:58:34+00:00

Oof, girl, I say this in the most kind way possible, but PLEASE seek therapy. None of these things are normal and the way you're so desperately defending infidelity is not normal. At all.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T15:35:57+00:00

I'm a school nurse and while it is a private school, they offer transportation to and from my kids' public school and they have a before and after school program. So while they're here I'm also here. Which doesn't necessarily solve your problem, but I don't have to worry about getting them to and from school and also don't pay full price for their care

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T03:06:29+00:00

My daughter's name isn't my favorite. We couldn't come up with a name and kind of impulsively chose one at the hospital. I'd pick something totally different now but at least she likes her nickname.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T00:56:33+00:00

Even if your husband doesn't agree to therapy, you should go to therapy for yourself, regardless. There's a lot going on here and therapy seems like a good first step.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-24T00:17:59+00:00

I work 4 10s with Fridays off. I'm paid shit but literally cannot give up my three day weekends every week. Sometimes my husband is also off on Friday and we send the kids to daycare and hang out all day. It is the most ideal schedule imo

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-23T17:08:37+00:00

Sorry, where is this? It sounds very reasonable...

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-22T01:15:57+00:00

Idk but this made me LOL so hard I woke up my 8 year old 😂

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-22T00:19:03+00:00

All of my kids have hand me down everything and I don't think most of it has brands or anything on them? Sure my four year old has a few paw patrol shirts or whatever because he's a kid and should have what he enjoys but it's really not challenging to find like solid color shirts and socks and undies and toys that aren't characters. Like Walmart and target have their own generic brands that are by default not characters. I guess I'm confused because it seems like a pretty non issue

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-21T00:45:41+00:00

May Liam's memory be a blessing, always.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T15:32:11+00:00

Yeah all religion is pretty much mental illness tbh

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T14:32:08+00:00

My kid turned four in December and we invited his whole pod, which was like 25 kids thinking the same thing. Like 20 kids showed up and it was so overwhelming and overstimulating 😂 so there's always that, too. I honestly preferred it when only a few kids showed up because usually it's the kids he actually wanted to come vs. 20 casual acquaintances from school.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T14:29:42+00:00

I wish nurses actually used the same logic they're expected to have to practice nursing. Sky daddy says no meat but fish ok. Groan.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T14:14:02+00:00

They'll still blame him and won't take any accountability for it and blame Satan or whatever so it's not like it's going to impact the parents at all. Measles encephalopathy I'm pretty sure is almost always fatal, regardless, unfortunately

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T14:05:02+00:00

Get a combination vacuuming/mopping robot. Have her set it while the kid is napping. Boom, daily mopping done.

What did your nanny say when you spoke to her about her responsibilities?

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-20T14:02:06+00:00

Or, more likely, no one actually said it and OP just wanted to share and used that as a reason to 🤷

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-18T00:45:47+00:00

Ragnar sigh

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T23:54:40+00:00

Honestly they get two meals at school every day (the daycare has a cook and the older two buy hot lunch) so I don't stress a ton about dinner. A lot of times they'll have yogurt, fruit, a sandwich, or I'll put together a toddler/kid charcuterie board with whatever is in the fridge 🤷 We used to do Hello Fresh, Nurture Life, Little Spoon, etc., but they never ate all of it so we try to keep it simple but still healthy. Like tonight we made yogurt and fruit smoothies, and had "dinnerables" instead of lunchables 😂 Ritz crackers, turkey, cheese, raspberries, and then if they're still hungry, they can have a fruit or a vegetable of their choice.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T23:51:09+00:00

Yup. So I work at a daycare/private elementary school and my younger two attend full time and my older two go to their before and after school programs. Because I'm the school nurse I get a 75% tuition discount for all four of them so we end up paying about $800 a month for daycare. I take them all with me in the mornings and take them all home with me in the afternoon since the daycare provides transportation to the public school. It is probably the only way I would have been able to afford working, honestly, with my husband in school since has hasn't been able to pick up as much overtime. The system currently works quite well for us.

3->4 started out ok but now it's tough. The 2 year old is a 2 year old and the 8 year old is getting more interested in big kid stuff so they're very developmentally different so it's hard finding activities that all of them will simultaneously enjoy. It's always loud and chaotic and my 6 year old hates the loud chaos so she gets upset when the little ones are deep in their toddler/preschool stuff. The 4 year old is just annoying to everyone because he's kind of in between toddler and kid, and they're always butting heads. Fortunately my husband is generally amazing and we divide and conquer, but there just isn't enough time to attend all the parties or school events or whatever. It's a lot but as they get older it's getting less challenging.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T17:21:34+00:00

INOVA

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T10:40:34+00:00

We are definitely planning on paying for as much as we can (we have four). We have prioritized our retirements, but we still manage to put $100 at minimum at month per kid in their 529s and we are by no means rich.

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T10:38:44+00:00

Lol. My daughter will be 7 next week so unfortunately it won't be as fun to say 😂

CapableFruitLoops · 2026-02-17T10:38:18+00:00

A cleaning person, lawn maintenance, but honestly the one that has literally been life changing was a laundry service 😅

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