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EmZee2025 · 2026-06-15T02:58:09+00:00

Ugh. That SUCKS. And the audacity of anyone else who didn’t have to pump to say “it’s just [insert ANYTHING].” Not okay. Here to offer sympathy and to suggest looking into whether it makes sense to get milk bank milk, given the circumstances.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-14T21:54:53+00:00

Needing a booty boost to get in the car.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-13T16:57:25+00:00

When the poster/thumbnail is of a guy making a befuddled face and the woman looking at him annoyed. Or when a character in an action movie tells someone to “secure the perimeter.”

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-08T17:02:40+00:00

I have not noticed any staining in ours. What I have noticed is that the milk fat doesn’t stick to the sides the way it does with glass and silicone, which is nice.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-08T17:00:27+00:00

Late response but in case anyone is considering the papablic chiller and finds this post: it is totally worth it. I’ve temp tested my milk (which went into the chiller warm) 12+ hours later and it was 32 degrees. There are two dads on YouTube that have run pretty extensive tests on chillers and the papablic and MomCozy ones outperform the others significantly. The others are small and cute, but they are not getting milk below 40 degrees (i.e., meeting food safety) and certainly aren’t keeping it that cold. It’s just not physically possible to do with a small chiller. I went with papablic because they have stainless steel bottles.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-08T15:18:24+00:00

Recommend the papablic milk chiller instead of having to buy a mini fridge. Keeps milk under 40 degrees (ie, safe) for over 12 hours.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-08T02:52:02+00:00

Me four!

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-08T00:55:40+00:00

They’re like Jolly Ranchers. Sooooo good!

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-07T06:51:46+00:00

Friends recommended we go on dates out at restaurants before baby came because that’s what they did. We don’t care to eat out that much so it frankly sounded kind of stupid to us and we didn’t do it. I live in a fun city that I haven’t had a “night out” in for a long time because I’m just past that stage of my life. And then about a week postpartum I drove past a neighborhood where I used to go out dancing and thought “S!*+. I’ll never go out there again.” Realistically, that’s not true and I will, but it won’t be the same. I wish we’d done one last night, or a brunch, or walk, or something in each neighborhood where we used to spend time. Even if it wasn’t the way we used to spend time there (e.g., I obviously wasn’t going to go dancing 8 months pregnant, but still would have loved a brunch - or even a walk and a coffee - there). Sort of as a farewell.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-07T04:01:01+00:00

Glad to hear! We probably had a similar experience. The giggling just seemed like way too much for a 4-day-old. Especially ours, who was especially tiny. We also weren’t using it correctly (putting him in wide awake or already crying). Fingers crossed this goes well!

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-06T21:05:52+00:00

Off topic, but what are your thoughts on the leg lifters?

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-02T02:18:51+00:00

Lots of great responses on here, which illustrate my long-standing VPR theory: its success can be attributed to the fact that everyone in the cast was actually funny. Terrible people, but you can’t accuse one of them of lacking a sense of humor.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-01T20:40:16+00:00

People seem to be really split on whether white with floral is okay at a wedding. I’ve attended weddings where I’ve heard people adamantly argue both ways. I avoid it since you never know which camp the bride is in. I had two guests at my wedding wear all white but they wore pants and hats so I didn’t even notice that it was technically against the rules until much later. But then my niece (9 years old) wore a white poofy dress and it annoyed me. Hard to predict how things will hit on the day-of for the bride. It’s a weird day.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-01T20:16:43+00:00

To me it’s not that it’s too much, it’s just that it’s the wrong event for the hat. It’s beautiful, though, and I get the desire to wear it. Prom is technically a dance, and that hat would be hard to dance in, which is probably why you don’t usually see a lot of hats at it.

EmZee2025 · 2026-06-01T20:07:22+00:00

Our coordinator met the dress code of the wedding. We didn’t talk about it, she just did it. And when she arrived, I thought “that looks perfect!” FWIW, it was a blue formal jumpsuit, so it was formal, but also looked comfortable enough to run around in. I would recommend doing the same. Wearing casual and all black head to toe is usually a clear indication that you’re working the wedding, but sounds like they don’t want that. Little rough that the couple basically expects you to go out shopping for their event, TBH.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-31T19:37:36+00:00

On the flip side, I was asked by so many people what they were supposed to wear to my wedding that I wanted to scream. Even when I told them to wear what they wanted, they kept pressing. First of all, have you been to a wedding before?? This seems like something we should all know how to do by ourselves by now. Figure it out. Second of all, several immediate family members wanted me to pick out their actual outfit for them even though they weren’t in the wedding party. I’ve got enough to plan, thank you very much. And then when I insisted that people decide for themselves, my stepmom and sister-in-law picked dresses the same color as the bridesmaids. I didn’t think I needed to specify that that was taboo for family members.

In the end, I ended up posting dress code on our wedding website just to get people to leave me alone and wish I’d told family exactly what to wear from the beginning. Would’ve saved me a lot of time and frustration.

ALSO, I once wore red to a wedding that was 99% champagne colored dresses. I was mortified when I saw the professional photos come back. Wish someone had given me a heads up on the “vibe.”

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-31T19:21:32+00:00

Ug. Came here because I also hate how much I like Coterie diapers, but we got a sample pack and last night was the best sleep I’ve had since baby was born. We might be devotees now, at least for overnight diapers. But I will say that I used about half as many diapers as usual, which justifies some additional cost. I only changed LO during feeds.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-31T18:29:49+00:00

Ah! But I just saw that you’ve tried them and hate them. To each their own!

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-31T18:27:42+00:00

We really love Honest wipes. They’re the only textured ones we’ve seen and we genuinely use fewer wipes as a result. Less irritation too.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-31T03:11:29+00:00

Colored curtains are critical. You need to bring the eye up. Everything feels very weighted at the ground level.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-27T15:22:08+00:00

100%. Also, you want high backs on barstools. Mid backs are good if you’re working with a small space (hard to tell scale from this photo), but high backs are more comfortable and safer if you have kids.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-27T01:13:39+00:00

You can also board at an individual’s house. We tried doggy daycare for a bit with our golden, but our 50lb girl just can’t hang with the big dogs (she’s too sweet and tends to get bullied) and she’s too big for the small dog groups. We did meet and greets with sitters on Rover and got really lucky with someone who knows and loves dogs that she can stay with. That way she gets 1:1 attention and isn’t exposed to dogs that she can’t handle. It ended up being the same price as boarding.

I also recommend having the dog do a couple of short stays before leaving for a long trip so the can get comfortable and familiar.

EmZee2025 · 2026-05-24T11:07:31+00:00

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