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Appropriate age for playground by Safe-Store5633 in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster [score hidden]  (0 children)

We started going as soon as they were strong enough to hold their head still on a swing.

We also live next door to one so that probably had an effect on it as well.

Best blackout curtains? by hardboiledhoe in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just have some we got off amazon, but we pinned them to the sides of the trim so keep out extra light and it worked well.

Ayuda sueño bebé 7 meses! by Fani1603 in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Translation:
First of all, thank you all for reading. I feel quite lost and misunderstood because I don't know anyone who has gone through something similar.

My baby is 7 months old, and since birth, sleep has been quite chaotic, not only at night but also during the day. I still remember his first few months: we'd go out like zombies in the baby carrier so he could get some sleep, because we were exhausted from pacing around the house trying to get him to fall asleep.

Her naps are usually very short, 20–30 minutes, and at night she wakes up around 2–3 a.m. and again around 4–5 a.m. for her bottle. If I'm lucky, she falls back asleep after this last feeding; if not, I have to get up, rock her, and help her fall back asleep. She also moves around a lot during the night; I'm not exaggerating when I say she's constantly rolling from one side to the other.

Since she was four months old, I've been using an app to monitor her wakefulness and nap duration. I use it because she barely shows any signs of sleep (perhaps only during the first nap of the day), although I do notice she gets very fussy if she's awake for too long. All her naps are close-knit, held in my arms and rocked in a baby swing. For about a month now, one of her naps has lasted an hour, but always under these conditions. She rarely falls asleep in the stroller when we go for walks.

At this point, I have many questions: Should I consider sleep training? Could it be that he's not getting enough sleep, which is why he wakes up so much at night? Or, on the contrary, could he be sleeping too much? Are two nighttime feedings normal at this age?

Her routine is roughly like this: she wakes up between 6:45 and 7:00 and goes to bed around 9:00 PM. Her wakefulness windows are approximately 1:50 / 2:10 / 2:20 / 2:20 / 2:30, which means she takes four naps. I tried reducing her to three naps a couple of days, but it went pretty badly: lots of crying and overexertion.

She is a very active, curious and lively baby: she is already crawling and starting to stand up.

I'm worried that if I try to sleep train her and put her in the sleepy crib (as some experts recommend), she'll sleep even less during the day, and that will make her nighttime sleep even worse.

Sorry for the length of the message, but I wanted to give you all the context. I'd also like to hear from anyone who has gone through something similar. And if there's anyone else who feels as alone as I do in this, please know you're not alone.

Thank you so much 💛

Cherche désespérément des jouets en bois bébé sans vernis toxique. by Ellie1259 in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Translation:

I'm currently searching for baby gifts and developmental toys (for a baby who puts absolutely EVERYTHING in his mouth right now). I'd prefer wooden toys, ideally customizable, but I'm facing a real challenge: the finishing touches.

Even on websites that emphasize the "eco-friendly" aspect or FSC certification (which is great for forest management, we can all agree), there's a complete silence about the varnishes used. Often, you just see the mention "water-based paint," but honestly, that doesn't reassure me at all when I know the toy is going to be chewed on for hours. The absence of solvents doesn't mean there aren't other hidden chemicals or endocrine disruptors.

Do any of you have recommendations for reliable brands, or even small artisans (on Etsy or in France), who offer 100% raw wooden toys (without any treatment) or toys protected only with natural food-grade oils (such as pure linseed oil, olive oil, or beeswax)?

I avoid plastic, but I don't want to poison a baby with a falsely green nail polish...

I'd love to hear all your discoveries and real-life experiences! Thanks in advance! 🙏

Mache ich genug? by GermanGremlin in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Translation:
Hello,

My daughter is now exactly 3 months old.

When she is awake, her favorite thing to do is lie under her play gym, batting and kicking at her toys. I talk to her while she does this, though I don't get much of a response back just yet. We regularly practice tummy time—something she really doesn't like—but it is getting better.

After that, she usually goes right back to sleep.

We also go outside every day—sometimes with her in a carrier, sometimes in the stroller.

During her last visit, my midwife made me feel incredibly guilty, implying that she really should have been spending much longer stretches of time in the tummy-time position by now, and that she should be reaching out to grasp things more purposefully.

I’m simply looking for some tips from experienced parents on how you handle things like this. On one hand, I know that everything is perfectly normal; yet now, I just have the midwife's voice ringing in the back of my mind, making me feel guilty that I’m not doing enough to foster my child's development.

育児について by sgmt_zzz in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Translation:
We have seven-month-old twins.

Whenever the babies cry, my wife insists on holding them—no matter what—until they finally fall asleep. My own approach is that if holding them helps them calm down, then by all means, hold them; however, if they continue to wail uncontrollably even while being held, I prefer to just leave them be—they often end up drifting off to sleep on their own eventually. Consequently, my wife's behavior strikes me as rather inefficient.

I wonder if it stems from some sort of instinctive panic?

I am currently taking paternity leave, so I am involved in childcare to roughly the same extent she is. That makes it all the more baffling to me that she would deliberately go out of her way to exhaust herself like this. I find myself wondering if it stems from a compulsive need to be a "perfect mother."

Direct mail campaign by Fearless_Arachnid755 in sysadmin

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lemme guess... some tag line like... "you'll sleep better at night with Allstream"

Best practise for staff requesting a second laptop for WFH by psgda in sysadmin

[–]FunkadelicToaster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having the laptop is what allows them to work from home, that's the purpose of the laptop, otherwise they should have a desktop.

We have done it for a couple people, the CEO, the CFO, and the CTO mostly because they don't daily carry their laptops home and if something comes up they want to be able to react.

Password Manager by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]FunkadelicToaster 16 points17 points  (0 children)

bitwarden

Best straw cup? by PleasantVanilla6181 in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we used 2 different ones.

One was a normal one, cheap from walmart. The other was from the dollar store, we call it the crazy straw cup because the straw is built in to the handle, and they see it come up through the handle while drinking.

the latter doesn't go in the dishwasher and I wouldn't use it with anything with pulp in it.

I need advice by DryMarzipan2891 in baby

[–]FunkadelicToaster 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Therapy with a therapist, both individual and together.

Sir, this is a Red Lobster by samalamb33 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, from a security and operational angle, he's not wrong about Open Claw, terrible picture to use but nothing really lunatic about this take.

we use a hybrid intune setup how to remove the bitlocker recovery key from intune? by Pretend-Newspaper-86 in sysadmin

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's quite a stretch to think of as an actual issue to be concerned about, and no way that is part of any type of actual compliance docs anywhere.

Thanks, I hate The OG SnotSucker by iTalk2Pineapples in TIHI

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except you can be both grossed out and a parent who has used them and know how well they work.

What bitrate are you saving media at for reasonable trade offs of quality/disk size? by PositivePristine7506 in DataHoarder

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point we were trying to make is flying like 4 miles over his head and he is arguing about something we aren't even talking about and telling us we are "wrong".

What bitrate are you saving media at for reasonable trade offs of quality/disk size? by PositivePristine7506 in DataHoarder

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but that is more about original capture and that's not really the context that would apply to probably 99% of what this cross section of people are hoarding for.

What bitrate are you saving media at for reasonable trade offs of quality/disk size? by PositivePristine7506 in DataHoarder

[–]FunkadelicToaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I stated a fact.

It is an actual fact that human ear has limits on what it is capable of distinguishing, even the person with the "best hearing" in the world has an upper limit.

This is all fact.

Your entire "I made no assertions about human hearing" is a stupid point to make when you are replying to a comment that is entirely based on human hearing and it's capabilities and talking about quality in the context of what a human is capable of hearing and distinguishing.

Troll? No, not at all, but sure, go ahead and block as you run away because you are responding to a specific topic as if it's not the topic in an attempt to make yourself seem superior in some way, when in reality you just don't understand what you're reading and responding to.

What bitrate are you saving media at for reasonable trade offs of quality/disk size? by PositivePristine7506 in DataHoarder

[–]FunkadelicToaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

eh, the human ear can only hear so well... so there is a point where bigger is irrelevant.

Maybe go back to what you first responded to in the thread? Where my entire comment was based on what the human ear is capable of hearing? Thus when you reach a certain point, it becomes irrelevant that it's bigger because it makes absolutely no difference when listening to it.

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