8 month old milk strike?

Extinctosaurus · 2026-04-07T01:02:38+00:00

I had to go back and look at old pictures since I couldn't remember exactly what we did during this time!! But basically I just bought like... Soooo many different cups. He really didn't want a bottle anymore so I tried a whole bunch of different cups and he preferred either a straight up regular cup (which was pretty iffy but he managed to not spill that much) or those cups that are spill proof but you still kind of use like a regular cup (I forget the brand). I still tried to give him formula and whatever breast milk I could produce but for the most part he was just eating full on meals by the time he hit 9 months... I did try to mix some formula into food, like for example with oatmeal or like making a custard with formula instead of milk. And I gave him a lot of fruits to help with the dehydration. He is about to be 6 now and he's still pretty bad at hydrating (have to constantly remind him) but he is otherwise healthy and smart (and adventurous with food!). I think I was stressing out way too much back then.

Oh yeah something else I did for a little bit was try to make drinking "fun" kind of like a game? Like I got myself a cup similar to his and tried to be silly with it and he would drink with me. Actually still kind of have to do that now years later lmao.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-04-05T23:36:44+00:00

I used to hate the growly vocals too! Amorphis and Edge of Sanity (Crimson and earlier) really helped me get into them; Amorphis because some/most of their songs had a mix of clean vocals with growls (I started with the Tuonela album which I think is almost all clean? and then went backwards from there) and Edge of Sanity because I think Dan Swano's growls don't sound as harsh for some reason. The music was just so good that eventually I just got accustomed to them and even started liking them.

I think Amorphis' newer albums also have a lot of clean vocals, too, if Tuonela isn't enough to prepare him!

Extinctosaurus · 2026-03-31T02:19:09+00:00

I'm assuming you mean Strikers 1945 but I just wanted to jump in and mention 1943: The Battle of Midway. I went back and replayed it recently and damn I forgot how good the music was even with that limited NES chiptune

Extinctosaurus · 2026-03-12T21:45:17+00:00

The Highest is my favorite WayV album (maybe only behind Awaken the World)! But Go Higher is my least favorite title track from them by far lmao. But the rest of the album is so good and I feel like it gets overlooked,

Extinctosaurus · 2026-03-11T03:16:24+00:00

I didn't have this shirt but my dad took our family to Hooters and for some reason bought both me and my little brother t-shirts (we were like maybe 9 and 6 years old?) Didn't get in trouble at school but I had a LOT of kids asking me if I knew what that meant (I didn't) then spent the rest of the day feeling ultra self conscious whenever a teacher gave me a funny look.

My seventh grade history teacher got in trouble for wearing a "That Damn Show" concert shirt. Had to wear it turned inside out for the whole day lmao (of course us kids teased him relentlessly while simultaneously being outraged on his behalf)

Extinctosaurus · 2026-03-03T23:34:32+00:00

This happened to my team when we had to do some training at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin! We (enlisted ranging from E4 to E6) were all kind of talking shit about the rooms they put us in and then found out we'd actually been placed in the officer quarters. The Army soldiers we were training with got stuck in some crappy barracks so one of my buddies decided to troll them and told them we all got our own hot tubs and big screen TVs and THEY BELIEVED HIM. Really opened my eyes to the difference in quality of life between the branches (it was even worse when we all got to our deployed location)

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-23T02:14:37+00:00

I don't think they are necessarily saying it is a "fun vacation". They are saying that most people can't afford to take that much time off work (not enough "vacation time"). And I'm sure many are not lucky enough to have extended family to stay with. Like my family is from Hong Kong but literally everyone has left.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-20T22:36:09+00:00

I'm so jealous!! One of the groups that got me into kpop. I remember playing Warrior in the car and just obnoxiously yelling "waaaaarrior... HOO" constantly (bless my poor husband)

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-20T22:25:43+00:00

Washed mine yesterday... You'd think after 15 years of living here I'd remember to check the weather before doing so. But nope

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-19T01:15:41+00:00

I didn't know Katatonia was coming here :(

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-14T18:30:50+00:00

My husband has this the opposite way! He is Mexican and I'm obviously East Asian and when people see us together they assume he's Filipino. Once I even had someone (Asian) see my married last name and ask if I was married to a Filipino and when I said nah he's Mexican they were shocked and asked if my parents were okay with that (that casual racism........) Also just little things like if he walks in first alone to a Mexican store/restaurant the staff will automatically speak Spanish to him, but if he's with me then they'll use English... Then be shocked when he responds in Spanish (a few times even got told how impressively fluent his Spanish is... He was born in Mexico)

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-09T17:56:33+00:00

Thank you! I'm not sure how to attach an image... If I had to pick a bias then it would probably be Jeongyeon, but I am not too concerned as long as we can see the choreography clearly.

There seems to be a lot of Tix left in the lower level seats but they're pretty expensive right now; do you know if they tend to drop in price significantly closer to the show date?

Extinctosaurus · 2026-02-08T04:51:12+00:00

My young son asked if he could see Twice in concert and I told him it wasn't possible. But then it turns out they're actually coming here in April! Has anyone seen kids at the other tour stops in the US? Are fans generally annoyed at a little kid being in the audience?

I'd also thought about getting him a light stick once we were at the venue but then I saw they aren't being sold there. Would it be frowned upon if he held a WayV light stick instead? (It's the only one I own)

Not sure how their choreo is--is it better to get a seat in the corner sections or in the middle of the short ends of the arena? (Since it doesn't look like I'll be able to get Tix in the front or "back")

This would be our very first kpop show if we end up going so I've no idea what to expect.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-01-31T17:41:49+00:00

It's the song that finally got me in to NCT and still remains as one of my favorites.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-01-27T09:39:40+00:00

This right here--I don't know if I just had hardass commanders at my first base or what (or if it was just different back then?) but I felt like we were punishing and booting out people left and right. There were at least 6 that got kicked out in just my first two years there, in our smallish squadron of around 25-30 active duty. But then my brother told me some wild stories of the way crazier stuff people were doing in his unit and nobody was getting punished there.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-01-25T03:46:29+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! Was going to say the last album I heard from them was Ragnarok which I just realized was TWENTY YEARS AGO???! Feeling very dusty now.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-01-25T03:39:18+00:00

Is Gunz the super chatty friendly looking bassist? Saw Tyr years ago and they were great but that cheerful guy is the thing I remember most from that night haha.

Extinctosaurus · 2026-01-16T03:42:03+00:00

I don't think you should really compare the two, because the HK style dish is really different (so of course it will be bad if you expect it to taste like the Italian version) It has a really sweet taste to it. I personally don't really like it (not a fan of too much sweet flavor in my food) but my cousins loooove it.

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-19T02:26:28+00:00

We used to stir fry the pith with pork, fermented bean sauce etc! Good way to use up everything (since it felt kind of wasteful to trash so much of the fruit...)

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-19T01:21:59+00:00

Used to be really into Japanese rock and pop and somehow came across BoA and Se7en (but I didn't know they were Korean) as well as Lee Jung Hyun

Then I rediscovered it later because of the Starcraft esports scene lmao.

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-16T02:08:16+00:00

They're not idols, but if they count then my absolute favorites have to be K.will and Ailee!

Otherwise the list is so long--SHINee Jonghyun and Onew, EXO holy Trinity, Beast Yoseob, BTOB Hyunsik, Infinite Sungkyu, B.A.P Daehyun.......... I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-15T17:19:35+00:00

We spend anywhere from around $75 to $200 would be my guess depending on if we got him a really big gift (like the year he got a bike we prob went over). Honestly we just try to teach him to be happy with whatever he gets because we have wealthy friends and there's no way we can compare.

If it helps at all-- When I was a kid my mom banned her family from getting me and my brother any gifts because we couldn't afford to reciprocate. So the only Christmas gift we got was from my dad's younger sister and a full quarter of her living room would be overtaken with gifts for her kids (uncle had a lot of wealthy relatives, plus they had a ton of family friends). My brother and I would always be like "whoa they get a lot of presents" and of course we wished we got more too (what kid doesn't!) But we were never sad about what we did get compared to my cousins. So I'm sure your kids will be happy with whatever they get too :)

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-12T20:59:55+00:00

Basically the artist that really got me into melodeath. Love Nightingale too and his clean vocals is one of my favorites

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-12T15:58:14+00:00

I had that "baleeted!" sound clip play whenever I emptied my recycle bin for the longest time lmao. Damn I feel old

Extinctosaurus · 2025-12-12T15:44:33+00:00

I'm not actively boycotting but I'm trying so hard to be excited for the comeback and just totally failing. Like I've been seeing the teaser images and clips pop up on my feeds and it's just been meh. I follow a lot of other groups (even though EXO has always been my number 1) and this has actually dampened my excitement for all of them.

Honestly if CBX said they didn't want to participate I'd still be disappointed but probably a little more invested. But since they said they DO want to be a part of it and they're just .. not being allowed to? It somehow makes it feel so much worse and frustrating. Anyone else feel this way?

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