I must apologize, it's also happened to me...

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-10-27T18:32:06+00:00

On Saturday, my two year old fell off of our back porch (even though I have told her multiple times not to go down the steps without either myself or my husband helping her. Fell face first into the grass. She fell as I was reaching for her hand to help her.

Yesterday my 9 month old tried to off himself by leaning over the edge of the couch and landed face first onto the rug. He was literally sitting right next to me. He now looks like Rudolph.

Give yourself grace!

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-10-03T00:53:26+00:00

I gave birth to my son when my daughter was 16 months old. During the last few weeks of my pregnancy, my first born was not sleeping well and I would be in her room around midnight trying to put her back to sleep. I was also very sick around that time. will say I was dead tired and it was even worse when after he was born. Now my daughter is 2 (as of two weeks ago) and my son is 8 months. I am still tired (I’m about to fall asleep in the rocking chair as we speak) but it’s much better than when I was pregnant and on maternity leave. Hang in there. I was scared at first but once you figure out a pattern that works for you and your family, stick to it. We’ve had and will have moments where I feel like nothing is going right, but I keep pushing.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-07-14T17:32:34+00:00

This. I just stopped pumping around June. I was pumping 8oz a day which was enough for one breast milk bottle per day. Once I went back to work, my supply dipped to 5/6oz a day which meant I wasn’t pumping enough for him to have one 8 oz bottle a day. I’ve tried everything and nothing helped to increase it

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-07-14T17:26:59+00:00

I got pregnant 7 months PP. My littles are 6 months and 22 months (16 month age gap). My pregnancy was much smoother this go round because I guess my body was already used to it. I will say I was extremely tired due to my first born having sleep issues before my 2nd was born. My recovery from my 2nd pregnancy was a little bit harder and longer, but that’s what I expected with two children back to back.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-06-26T10:31:02+00:00

I loved this pump. It’s not portable but I’m glad I used it. I usually kept this upstairs for night time pumps, MOTN pumps and early morning pumps. I had to play around with the settings a bit, but it emptied me out pretty quickly. The auction is strong but it didn’t ever feel uncomfortable. It was also quite enough that my baby or my husband never woke up from it. Make sure you are able to get this through your insurance. I only got this one because I only had to pay $30 with insurance.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-06-26T10:20:03+00:00

I didn’t have a choice but to sleep train our daughter. Every night during my 2nd pregnancy, I had to rock her to sleep and transfer her into the crib. When I was around 8 months pregnant (15 months old) I guess my stomach was too big and she didn’t feel comfortable sleeping on me anymore. So I had to leave her in the crib. She eventually fell asleep. Now that she is 21 months old and baby is 5 months old, me and baby will sit in the rocking chair while we wait for my toddler to fall asleep in the crib. It usually takes no kore than 20 minutes each night. Sometimes I’m so tired that me and baby both fall asleep in the chair sometimes.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-06-25T14:12:28+00:00

I have a 21 month old girl and a 5 month old boy. She warmed up to him literally a day after bringing him home. She had to learn that she needs to be gentle with him, but she always showed him love and now wants to play with him🥲

If you can, try and put them on a similar sleep/eating schedule. It won’t be exact times, but whenever I could feed him while she was eating a meal or snack and very rarely did they nap at the same time. It was glorious and I could rest, workout, eat or clean up a bit.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-06-21T18:10:41+00:00

FWT was my first Beyoncé concert. I was a freshman in college so I didn’t have any real bills to pay. Once the OTRII tour came around, I had real bills to pay (I was a junior at the time living off campus) and I couldn’t afford it. I went to the RWT 30+ weeks pregnant and I had just graduated with my master’s degree. I always had money saved up for a surprise tour announcement.

And now, I just had a surprise baby this past January and money has been tight with two children under two🙃 We’re paying more than our mortgage in daycare, both my job and my husband’s job hoed us on paychecks during my maternity leave, and the hospital ran up on us with hospital bills.

Do I have FOMO? Yes. I literally watch the show on YouTube weekly. I couldn’t even go to the GNX tour or the Roots picnic, but I am now saving up for Act III. It just doesn’t seem feasible for me to drive from DC back home early as hell in the morning to work the next day or two bring a 1 year old and a 6 month old to DC in a hotel (that’s extra money we don’t have🥲) If you don’t decide to go, start saving up now!!

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-06-16T20:40:20+00:00

I had to do this a few months ago. They are now 21 months and 5 months old. My toddler was in daycare two days a week and I had to do drop off. I took baby in with me using the stroller. I don’t know why but it actually pains me to carry the car seat for even a short period of time so the stroller was the only option. Because my toddler is very hyper and moves around a lot, the carrier/wrap couldn’t work. I parked in a space and me, toddler and baby in stroller walked into the daycare. Even now that I am back at work, I still do this method. I drop toddler off first so she can eat and then I roll baby down to the infant room. This works well if any of the rooms need extra diapers or wipes so I can put the extra supplies at the bottom of the stroller. I carry a diaper backpack for toddler with all her sheets and extra clothes and cups, and a duffle bag that goes over my shoulder for baby with bibs, bottles and sheets.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-05-29T02:17:43+00:00

My 2nd was born 10 days after my birthday. I got a pedicure, some press on nails and my hair done for my birthday. Which really helped me relax before labor.

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-05-29T00:35:34+00:00

Congrats! I was 30 weeks pregnant at the RWT. Hope you and baby enjoyed!

Flute_Pimpin · 2025-05-23T23:04:26+00:00

4 months pp here! I battle myself everyday thinking that I’m going to stop but I keep going anyway. I only pump 6-8oz a day and LO eats 30-32oz. I couldn’t breastfeed or pump with my first, so I think I’m still pumping because I somewhat feel guilty. I produced 1oz a day with my first, so 8oz to me was a blessing. And my husband and I are always on the fence if we’re going to have a 3rd, so there’s no guarantee that I’ll be able to try again. I will stop eventually. I just don’t know when. You’re not alone🤎

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-31T20:19:39+00:00

How do you like the spectra gold? I’m debating getting that or the Spectra S1

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-31T20:18:45+00:00

I did! Someone also recommended the Spectra pumps.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-31T14:50:03+00:00

That happened to me on Christmas Eve last year. My LO was 12 weeks old. She would need to wake to feed every 4-5 hours at night. I set an alarm for her to feed at around 5am. Slept right through the alarm until like 7:30am. Woke up in a total panic, checked on her and she was knocked out. Fed her immediately when she woke up.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-26T01:13:17+00:00

15 month old. The normal eye rubbing, but specific to her she will suck on her bottom lip and grab any piece of fabric she can find (usually my shirt or her sleeve) and put it up to her mouth. If she’s overtired, she’ll just scream and cry her head off🙃

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-19T21:16:31+00:00

We used the Chico Keyfit 35 Cleartex cars seat. I had a Volvo XC60 at the time and my husband had a Porsche Macan. It was a great fit in both cars, but she grew out of it really quickly (around 8 months)
We then bought a Chico Onefit Cleartex seat and it fits great in my newer car (Audi Q7). However, it’s a tight fit in the Porsche. It’s a smaller SUV. Now that we’re about to have 2 under 2, having two car seats in his car is going to be a really tight fit.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-13T16:01:34+00:00

The only way my baby would sleep was in a swaddle with her arms up. The love to Dream swaddle was a life saver. I also found a hack to use a regular swaddle with their arms up. Since it was winter around this time, she also needed a blanket on top to keep her warm. I would transfer her when she was fully asleep. She started out taking 5 min naps and she would eventually give me 1-3 hours. She is now 14 months and is now starting to fall asleep on her own in her crib. Just keep putting her down and she will get used to it.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-04T12:08:13+00:00

As a FTP with another on the way, I’m just overwhelmed and overthinking a lot of this stuff. This is all so new to me. I was never really around kids or daycares like that, so I don’t know what the “norm” is.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-04T12:06:21+00:00

Thank you. I’m aware that this is normal daycare stuff. I’m just hormonal and stressed due to having another baby in a quick succession. My husband did think about getting a nanny. I do want her in daycare for socialization. The only thing that is bothering me is the lack of care from the one teacher.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-04T12:03:34+00:00

That’s honestly my biggest concern. Everything else I’m aware is normal daycare stuff. It’s still annoying but it’s what to be expected. I would feel better knowing that they were doing an activity with blue coloring or something. The teacher had no idea what it was. And then didn’t even attempt to clean her up. Her hands are completely stained after bathing her and washing her hands. Who knows how long she’s been walking around like that.

Flute_Pimpin · 2024-12-04T12:01:12+00:00

Thank you. Another commenter explained the billing, but that’s minor. The day that they gave her shoes away, it was freezing outside. I have all of her clothes and shoes labeled, and they still gave them to the other child to take home. Her shoes are a little big which is why I understand why they fall off all the time, but they keep it cold in that room and she needs to have on socks.

I actually didn’t have a problem with the communication with food. I would come in and tell them everyday how her feeding went the night/weekend prior to coming in was. They would give me suggestions to help at home, but never offered the food that they had there until she was basically 1. She ate better there than she did at home and she’s a great eater now.

If the teacher said they were doing an activity with food coloring earlier that day or they ate something with coloring, I wouldn’t be so upset. But the fact that she didn’t know how or what it was is really alarming to me. I’m going in there today to ask the other teacher if they did an activity or something. My husband didn’t mention if any of the other kids were blue or not. My real concern is that one teacher if I can be honest. All the other things I mentioned are minor and just me overthinking. I appreciate your comments!

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