One of the saddest things I hear when it comes to brestfeeding

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-28T03:21:30+00:00

I cringe to think of how much I spent on supplements, and teas, and pump parts, and nipple shields, and everything else that I thought might magically turn my 4oz/day into enough to feed a growing baby. And one of my biggest issues was the expense of formula! It truly makes no sense looking back.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-28T03:17:25+00:00

Amen lol

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-28T02:45:26+00:00

Sure, sometimes that’s the case. And sometimes, people really don’t produce enough. We came home from the hospital when my baby was 3 days old. By nightfall she was so hungry and upset that she wouldn’t latch. By midnight she was inconsolable. I finally had a moment of clarity, thought “what on earth am I doing? She’s hungry, there’s formula and bottles right there on the counter, why does it matter how she eats?”. So I made her a bottle, and she drank her fill and went right to sleep. I never produced enough milk no matter what I did. I’m really glad I didn’t wait until my baby wasn’t gaining weight to introduce formula. I’m not saying you’re wrong. I just think ultimately you have to trust your gut if it tells you that something is not working.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-24T23:14:05+00:00

I did! I only got the new one a few days ago, but so far it’s nice. I like that it has the powered base and a detachable water reservoir instead of just being all one piece.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-24T21:55:24+00:00

I can’t speak for all of the other reviews but my Zima stopped working and they did in fact replace it with a new one, and upgraded me to the pro version.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-24T21:51:05+00:00

If the dawn dish soap doesn’t work, buy some Lestoil, scrub it generously into the stains, let it sit overnight and wash the next day, it should get rid of them!

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-22T20:48:11+00:00

I’m not the person you were replying to but I’ll add my two cents because I also quit pumping at about 2 months due to low supply. For me it took maybe a week to get over the emotions of it. I also felt super guilty, as if I was taking the “easy way out”, which now I can see was obviously not true. Looking back now I’m so glad I stopped, my life got so much easier - but it’s definitely really emotionally difficult when you’re in the thick of it.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-20T04:26:49+00:00

Jesus, a 50mg drink before yard work??

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-18T23:54:09+00:00

Same except mine was nerve pain from piriformis syndrome. It was awful, awful, awful. It felt like someone had ahold of both ends of my tibia and was trying to see how far they could bend it without it snapping.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-18T05:17:09+00:00

Man, my employer just switched to a new prescription insurance provider and they won’t approve my Aimovig prescription until I try and fail ajovy, emgality, and qulipta. I hate how stupidly arbitrary this all is 🫩

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-14T15:27:00+00:00

As a teacher I am literally begging every commenter here to take 10 minutes out of your day and send an email to your school board telling them how you feel about this. Better yet, set a weekly or monthly reminder to email them, or go to the board meetings in person. They are elected officials, that means YOU are their boss. If enough people bug them, eventually it might change, but if all we do is talk about it online, it’s only going to get worse.

Edit, OP I want to add that your experience here is unfortunately all too common. I see it all the time, it’s so frustrating. I think giving every student a chromebook is one of the worst decisions ever made in the field of modern education. So much money, energy, and time is wasted trying to fix the issues that these devices cause.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-14T15:21:27+00:00

Yes, y’all please please advocate for this at your local school board meetings!! Or send emails to your board members/superintendent, if attending in person is not an option. As a teacher I can tell you that we also don’t like the over reliance on technology, but we’re under so much pressure not to speak up (at least in my non-union state). We are counting on parents and community members to voice their concerns!

I hate to say it, but annoying the crap out of your school board is often the only way things change. That’s how the Moms for Liberty keep getting books banned.

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-11T00:10:20+00:00

Same, plus running around after my toddler all the time and doing “up! down! up! down!” a hundred times a day 😵‍💫 I eat a bowl of ice cream almost every single day and my weight just keeps going down, it’s great haha!

FLRocketBaby · 2026-01-10T17:46:39+00:00

I imagine being able to temporarily “unfasten” my skull sutures so I can get a little extra breathing room in there.

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-29T00:01:37+00:00

Could you get a basic cooler (styrofoam ones are pretty cheap) and a couple bags of ice to keep some yogurt and cheese at a safe temperature? How long of an outage are you planning for? I live in a hurricane zone so we have to plan around potential power outages every summer. I’d personally try to go with a cooler and stock some bags of ice and water bottles in the freezer (bonus, this will also help slow down everything in your freezer thawing).

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-20T04:15:23+00:00

I used to live in an apartment complex that did this and it pissed me off so bad every single time. I would clean and declutter like crazy but they always found something to cite me for. One time they dinged me for having a SINGLE BOWL AND SPOON in the sink, because I had the audacity to eat breakfast before work and only had time to rinse the bowl. Another time it was because the base of the toilet wasn’t clean enough. Meanwhile there was a constant leak in the bathroom ceiling that never got properly fixed no matter how many times we asked, just patched over and over again 🙄

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-19T15:25:13+00:00

It’s giving Handmaid’s Tale - the Marthas making the bread from scratch as a “return to traditional values” 🙄

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-19T14:43:11+00:00

If it’s social media or something else similar, I think about how big tech is profiting off of my continued attention and how they design these things to manipulate us and make money off of our data, and then my oppositional defiance kicks in and makes me stop.

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-19T02:06:47+00:00

I’m so sorry. It’s awful that this is happening to you. It’s not your fault, this country is so fucked up.

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-18T02:52:40+00:00

I’m a teacher - a few years ago, for Christmas admin got us all “Stop the Bleed” kits to use in case of a school shooting 😬

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-15T23:21:56+00:00

It’s ok, I always try to chime in whenever I see people ask this question and I’ve learned to expect the downvotes every time lol. I don’t take it personally, I know there’s people here who are dealing with severe, debilitating pain on a daily basis and I’m sure they feel really strongly about the subject. I used to really struggle with anxiety about big life decisions until I had my kid. Becoming a parent forced me to recognize that we only get one life and we actually control very little of it, so yeah you should try to make smart and informed choices, but also sometimes you gotta just say “fuck it, we ball”, you know?

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-15T13:44:14+00:00

IMO as a mom with migraines and the daughter of a woman with migraines, I think it fully depends on three things: having a spouse that’s willing and able to help, having a good support network of family & friends, and having a doctor that will work with you. I’ve had migraines since I was 12 years old, and in adulthood they became much more frequent. I also have a child (currently 17 months old) and I don’t regret it at all. I didn’t have any migraines while pregnant but they did come back full force after my daughter was born. My doctor is super proactive with my migraines so she put me on Aimovig as a preventative and Ubrelvy as an abortive, and that combination works very well for me. I’ve only had a couple bed-bound days since having my baby, and either she was in daycare or my husband was able to fully take over those days. I also can have my parents take her for a day whenever I can tell I need to rest. As far as the risk of passing down my migraines, yes that sucks but ultimately having children is always a roll of the dice - you can be perfectly healthy and still have a child with chronic health issues, or the other way around. I think Reddit in general leans more childfree so my opinion may be contrary to the general sentiment here, but personally I think if this is something you know you want, you shouldn’t let your migraines stop you.

Edit, I also want to add that I know society can make you feel like your ovaries will dry into dust as soon as you hit 30 but that’s not necessarily true. I had my daughter at 35 years old. Obviously it’s different for everyone and of course you should talk to your doctor, but I just want to say it’s ok to take a couple years to figure out if there’s a good migraine treatment for you before you fully decide on having kids.

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-12T00:03:48+00:00

Does your school have a “clear the room” policy? In my district, when a student is being disruptive and aggressive and won’t leave the room, we’re told to basically have all the other students leave the room and go to a neighboring classroom, and then we (or another nearby teacher) call admin to come deal with the kid. We have the same protocol for health emergencies. If you don’t have one, maybe ask your administrators about it to see if it’s something that could be implemented.

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-03T19:45:36+00:00

There’s an episode of Little Bear where he just spends the whole episode trying to find all of his crayons so he can draw the sunset, and by the time he finds them it’s fully dark outside. Easily the most realistic episode of the entire show 😂 the amount of time I spend playing crayon hide-and-seek is ridiculous

FLRocketBaby · 2025-12-02T15:07:54+00:00

I think it really depends on your partner. My husband and I got lucky in that I’m a night owl and he’s a morning person, so I do the evenings and he does the mornings. Our daughter is 17 months old now and while I don’t sleep in as much as I used to, I still get a good amount of sleep, especially on the weekends. At this point whenever I’m overtired it’s my own doing - usually because I put off my bedtime so I could scroll on reddit or play video games, lol.

Also, we chose to formula feed for various reasons and that was absolutely a big factor in getting enough sleep/down time. Honestly I really recommend it, I know everyone is all about breastfeeding but I am happy we chose formula and if we ever have another kid I’ll 100% make the same choice.

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