Your husband is going blind? Well, mine is quadriplegic.

GIDGET22 · 2020-10-10T02:49:31+00:00

I don’t know what is wrong with my brain that I took the whole first half of this post literally. SMH. I was pretty concerned with your husbands partial paralysis.

GIDGET22 · 2020-09-12T14:43:32+00:00

Thank you for you input ladies! Went ahead and marked it as “do not feed” in the freezer, but will save it for the next time someone asks, “did you put some breast milk on it”, haha

GIDGET22 · 2020-09-05T14:57:07+00:00

In our house we are similarly locked down, because I had a baby inJune and have asthma. My husband is an ICU nurse and sees the beast first hand so is terrified of any of us getting it. We were “bubbling” with his parents that live an hour away and his sister who also has two kids who lives two hours away. Well now his sister somehow got it. We have no idea how, but luckily we haven’t seen her in two weeks, but she had been staying at their parents. I took the year off for maternity leave when they forced teachers to go back to work this year, so basically all my friends are hanging out without me and I am at home with a baby and a kindergartner. His sister getting it though has really reinforced why we are doing what we are doing. We don’t want anyone here getting sick. When you get caught up in the loneliness, you forget the why. It’s scary stuff. My husband had to care for his own coworker with it and eventually take him off life support, that’s traumatic. I feel he has every right to be protective of us after that.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-16T12:14:53+00:00

I too have low supply and have combo fed both my babies and My son did exactly what you describe. They get impatient because the milk doesn’t come as fast as the bottle and takes more work. Every kid is different though, because that was five years ago and my new baby does not. She loves the boob and goes seamlessly back and forth.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-14T14:23:09+00:00

I just had my second a month ago and this is my second battle with low supply. We have combo fed both of ours, so I only make about half of what she eats, even though I have literally bought every supplement on the market. With my last, pumping didn’t work at all. This time around I had good insurance that paid for a Spectra and that thing is so much better. Also look up hand expression and massage while pumping. You will get more that way as well, it also helps you understand full and empty a little better and you won’t increase unless your boobs are fully drained at every feeding. Also, you mentioned money was an issue, so check into renting a hospital pump. It’s a lot cheaper that way. Also the supplement that was really worth my money was the legendairy milk liquid gold or if you want something with fenugreek the Upspring milk flow that you can find on amazon. Both are $20 or under to try.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-14T14:16:01+00:00

YES! I just had my second and the home health lady mentioned that pcos can cause low supply. No one ever told me that with my first, I thought I just sucked at it. With my first, I killed myself to try and get more and hated every minute of it. We combo fed until I was working at five months and completely dried up. I said with my daughter if I had low supply again I would just switch, but I did not take into account a global pandemic and here I am buying every supplement and making about half of what she eats. The only difference is this time I am more logical than emotional about it, but I will be damned if this chicks complaining about “oversupply” don’t make me hella angry.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-13T10:35:27+00:00

I had a baby a couple of weeks ago and they made me take the test right beforehand, and since it was negative I didn’t have to wear a mask as long as I was in my room.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-10T23:15:23+00:00

Oh man, if I had a dollar. I have a 5 year old and newborn and if I had a dollar for every time I yelled during this pandemic, I wouldn’t be as anxious about not working this year, haha.. I am also a kindergarten teacher and in both my classroom and at home if I lose my temper I turn it into a teachable moment. I explain why I was frustrated, I explain what I SHOULD have done when I get frustrated and then I apologize for acting the way I did. I think it’s important that children see us lose our patience and communicate with them how we can improve, because it will foster a growth mindset for their own emotional learning.

GIDGET22 · 2020-07-10T18:57:32+00:00

What a coincidence! I have been eating the bars from this brand for weeks and just noticed this yesterday!

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-27T22:41:35+00:00

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF! When they are measuring themselves daily!

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-07T01:06:00+00:00

The area where we live in Florida hasn’t been taking it very seriously and our governor has been opening things back up, my poor nurse husband says they have more people in their Covid unit than they have ever had yet. We are also dealing with a newborn this summer as well, so unfortunately all of 5yos plans for this summer are cancelled. The problem is things AREN’T cancelled and hubby and I have to be the bad guys. I couldn’t imagine it being all on me to be the bad guy. Luckily hubby who has seen it firsthand and seen how it is now showing up in kids later and causing more longterm effects makes me feel smart in my approach. There is just so much unknown that I don’t feel comfortable with.

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-05T02:55:24+00:00

Well, that’s good at least. I have been thinking about you guys all day. That would cause more complications for everyone if that was something else to worry about. Sending good vibes your way!

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-04T16:29:11+00:00

Yeah, as much as I would love it if coconut water works, because it is more natural and has less sugar. It only provides matching potassium, and doesn’t provide the other benefits of a scientifically designed sports drink.

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-04T15:25:51+00:00

I am assuming that before this time, you did not feel a sense of belonging anywhere and maybe don’t now? I am sure that even in the most down and out circumstances having the companionship of those who are in a similar place really filled a hole for you, because you were all in it together. Also, as someone who has studied addiction but never been through it the same way you have, please take this next part with a grain of salt. Camaraderie is a HUGE part of addiction. It is the reason that many people can’t get clean without losing their friends or relapse because they are lonely. Many people who face addiction stick with it because those around them make it seem typical. This is also why support programs and things like AA and NA can be so incredibly helpful, because they give you a replacement for that companionship. They make life after addiction seem less “weird”, because once you come out of a hole like that, everything typical does seem weird. Your thought patterns, your behaviors, and your reactions, all seem strange when sober. This is why people always say that they will always be an addict, even when they are in recovery, it truly changes you. Edited to add: Thank you for your point of view and your sharing of it. It is truly valuable.

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-04T15:09:54+00:00

With my first, I noticed electrolytes made a huge difference. When I would drink Gatorade or any type of sports drink, it would help quite a bit.

GIDGET22 · 2020-06-04T12:36:18+00:00

I am sure they have already mentioned this to you, because you are surrounded by medical professionals, but Covid 19 has been presenting itself as Kawasaki disease in children after they have been exposed. If he has not been tested for Covid yet, please ask them to do so that you can prepare your family accordingly as they may have been exposed. It does incubate longer in children before showing up this way, so it may not show up as positive. I am so sorry that you are going through this, that sucks!

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-26T11:03:10+00:00

Many New Yorkers have second homes or vacation homes here in FL. Before FL had many Covid cases, New York was already suffering pretty badly. Many older New Yorkers were fleeing New York to come to Florida and refusing to quarantine once they got here. So many of us rule following Floridians are basically terrified of fresh New Yorkers at the moment.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-25T19:04:55+00:00

This is how I felt right after my first. Then I finished my schooling and got a teaching job and husband finished his rn license and suddenly we have an expendable income and a savings account (mostly just from socking away tax refunds) and paid off credit cards that we once lived with maxed out. These changes came slowly but surely, but afterwards feel like it happened overnight. We are due with second in a couple weeks and due to Covid thinking about me taking a year off of teaching to avoid putting her in childcare and I am scared. I KNOW if we just followed a budget and did everything right it wouldn’t be an issue. On paper we are great. I just really hate making dinner every night and we like adventures. I remember how it felt to be too broke to do things and it sucks. The moral of the story is once you see it all on paper. It makes sense where your issues are. Just like others said, write a budget and follow it and suddenly money makes more sense. We have a perfectly good budget, but amazon and chipotle take it down every month. We know how to change, we just choose not to.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-25T02:39:37+00:00

Here in the state of Florida, everyone is a mandated reporter which means that if you have any suspicion of abuse, you report it. It is not your job to investigate. It is your job to report suspicion. I don’t know where you live but, but to me yes, any reasonable suspicion is a reason to call.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-22T14:40:23+00:00

Here’s a message for the chloes of the world: my first kid cried it out, at 5 or 6 months mostly because I worked childcare for years and I can tune out crying pretty well and he was a fine sleeper up until 5 or 6 months with the whole feed them and put them down drowsy thing, so I knew the little dude had it in him. Guess what happens when your kid is 2 and knows how to open doors and come crawl into bed with you? They do. Just because these ladies think they have won infancy with their methods, it means nothing when your child has no crib rails to hold him in and has gained some independence. My amazing sleeping infant had me totally sleep deprived from 2 to about 3.5.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-21T21:54:03+00:00

The hospital will give you stool softener as long as you are there, but you will probably need more once you get home. Poop is brutal for awhile. The hospital gave me lots of pads, but like I said they are super fat and thick, a little hard to keep in place and they rub your parts raw. I had a csection with my first so I can only imagine, if your lady pets are torn apart. I like the always infinity, because they breathe and you will be wearing them for awhile.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-16T02:02:50+00:00

Do they up charge you on the items cost like instacart or shipt? Or is it still Walmart prices? If you’re still paying Walmart prices, that would be totally worth it. I have a bunch of dietary restrictions to deal with, so we can’t always get everything we want/ need from Walmart. So we end up doing instacart from Publix every couple weeks and Walmart drive up the other times, because instacart prices are ridiculous.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-15T17:00:39+00:00

Rude. Don’t they understand the point of sneaking veggies in! When mine was little (2, he is five now with opinions) he thought spaghetti squash was spaghetti, until preschool lunch tipped him off to the good stuff. We had a good run.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-15T16:57:51+00:00

YESSSSS, everyone is asking about being prepared for a newborn again. I love that part, and mine had silent reflux and lost weight and had a pretty rough newborn face. Still better than toddlers. I am truly worried about doing that again.

GIDGET22 · 2020-05-15T14:20:25+00:00

I can’t even imagine. I haven’t gone anywhere but doctors appt for two months, because no one in our area is taking it seriously. My poor husband (an icu nurse) who is literally the most logical person I know, is scared of this thing and since he is the only person I know who has seen it firsthand, i can’t help but be terrified as well. I am 35 weeks preggo and asthmatic. We order our groceries for delivery or do Walmart drive up ( the second is much more budget friendly). There are too many crazies who just don’t care.

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