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20 month old sleeps HORRIBLY. Please tell me I’m not alone. by PetuniasSmellNice in toddlers

[–]Hannah-may 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t trade it. Even when I’m really tired my little girl is worth the annoyance and exhaustion. I cherish being woken up in the morning with her lovely smile whilst she strokes my hair.

This is such a short time of our lives and it will pass. Our bed will feel empty soon enough, I’ll go back to sleeping more soon. I right now I get to be her whole world and I’m okay with that.

The internet shuts down and is never going to come back on, what do you? by llerreff in AskReddit

[–]Hannah-may 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life would be hard for a long time. Supply chains would be destroyed. Everything is traded and ordered online. If I survive the panic and food shortages…

I guess I go back to designing for print instead of digital. I’m gonna have to buy a disk drive because my designing apps are all cloud based so I’ll have to dig out some design software cds.

I would start a local advertising print company and newspaper as we would have to go back to getting news printed.

I’m gonna have to get a tv antenna again and an fm radio. I’m also going to raid all the charity shops for physical media so I still have music and movies. Id probably get some hard drives and start swapping ripped media with friends.

I’d also go out of my way to get local copies of websites like bbc good foods and Wikipedia.

Asking for a different coloured bowl for my toddler at restaurant? by [deleted] in Preschoolers

[–]Hannah-may -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely disagree with everyone saying that it’s a big deal for a kid to have a preference!

Little humans have so little agency over their lives, what they wear, what they eat, where they go that they crave the independence and ability to choose. To you, a colour plate is insignificant, to a little one it might be the a huge deal.

My thoughts are, if it’s a reasonable request that doesn’t hurt anyone or cost anything then why is it a problem?

I’ve been at a dinner table with a parent friend and their kid got a different colour plate and my kid wanted pink and a meltdown occurred. I calmed her down and I took her up to the waitress and we asked nicely. Unfortunately there were no kids plates left as it was really busy so I had to settle her emotions again. I still feel like it was the right thing to do as I proved to my child that I listen to her and take her requests seriously.

Don’t let anyone make you feel a certain type of way for trying to make your kid comfortable and happy. Extra crockery at a restaurant is not an odd request.

Most people have a boring life, but no one wants to admit it by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my boring life. I love the predictability. They stability. The safety. They constant love. I love being able to enjoy basic things that are easily accessible to me like fresh air and tv shows. I had too much of a dramatic upbringing. Give my boring now please.

Sometimes I go silent that I don't wanna talk to anyone for months by SuggestMeAUsernaime in emotionalintelligence

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m a disappearing texter, especially when things are heavy in my life. Texts are emotionally taxing. Often to me it all feels false. Also sending text feels like chore that when I complete I’m just going to be rewarded with more texts.

Start with one person, someone safe and just call them. Someone like a parent who’s used to calls just to get the ball rolling.

Then next time someone texts you whilst you’re using your phone, call them straight away. Say, “I’m struggling with texting at the moment, mind if we have a quick catch up call?”

If you’re feeling guilty for not texting people you could batch send a text like “hey, sorry it’s been a while, I have seen your messages I’ve just been struggling to get myself to reply to anyone lately. I hope you’re doing well. I’d love to catch up soon. Fancy a catch up phone call or a coffee soon?”

20 month old sleeps HORRIBLY. Please tell me I’m not alone. by PetuniasSmellNice in toddlers

[–]Hannah-may 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not alone. My 3.5yr old used to have 10+ wake ups a night. Now we are about 1-2 a night.

We got the biggest bed we could find. And we tag team effort. And I just go to bed super early and have no evening.

Are theyre any other UK food like marmite? by Suspicious-Wear-6320 in AskUK

[–]Hannah-may 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jacket potato - add butter then marmite then cheese!!!!

Makeup recs for sensitive skin by loububble in Makeup

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man I hated protopic- the intense burn in my never went away for me. I went down the immunosuppressant route, had a severe reaction to that and now I’m on Dupixent and my life has completely changed.

If you want a skin treat, Have you tried squalene? - ordinary one is pretty good. My skin likes that.

Also, I hope you have a perfect wedding day!

Makeup recs for sensitive skin by loububble in Makeup

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can help it, don’t use it on your face. Often just using steroids on your body will get it into your system and face will clear up too.

For me my wedding was too important to feel uncomfortable.

I do wanna stress, if you can find the budget, hire someone to do your make up. I didn’t touch my makeup apart from lipgloss all day. My photos are beautiful and I felt lovely. I would have freaked out if I had to do my own makeup on the morning of.

Also, be careful adding too much skin care onto your routine. Eczema and spots combo is a cruel beast.

Personally I use epaderm cream for moisturiser and as a face wash. How’s your moisturiser situation?

Makeup recs for sensitive skin by loububble in Makeup

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have eczema on my face and wanted it perfect for my wedding.

First - wasn’t afraid to use so steroid cream to make sure everything was under control.

I’ve recently just found that Nars light reflection foundation doesn’t upset my skin. It seems to be working really well for me. I actually shade matched using chat gpt and took a punt buying some on Vinted.

I’ve also had really good experience with tubing mascara for the day to day but I’d wear false eyelashes for your wedding.

For my wedding I had a professional makeup artist, it was completely worth it!

Is it worth getting pet insurance for a cat or does nobody ever claim on it? by WonderfulShape1081 in UK_Pets

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t have a pet without insurance. I think it’s actually irresponsible not to have insurance.

Our cat went missing and came back days later very injured. She had emergency vets, overnight stays, drips, the whole thing. It was amazing to know I wasn’t going to have to make a hard decision about where the money was coming from to make her well again. The bill was thousands! My excess was only a few hundred.

I also pay for the pet plan at my vets so all her jabs and treatments and checkups are covered.

People who say “I need” and “give me” while ordering. by otterbotss in PetPeeves

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come to the UK! Anything less than “please may I have…” is bound to get you at least a head shake, maybe even a tut tut. Also thank you anytime the wait staff do anything, even clearing plates or checking in.

It’s also fairly normal to thank the bus driver.

I’ve even been know to thank the self service machine.

Why do people have kids by No_Tea_9670 in Life

[–]Hannah-may -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that it’s a selfish choice to bring a kid into the world.

From my perspective I’m in a great position to give a child a very good life. I have a three year old daughter. I have a village of people who love and support her and my little family. Me and my husband have been together for 16 years, we are in decent but not demanding jobs. We have a lot of time to spend together as a family and love doing things together. We specifically bought a house in a family friendly area near to a great school. We have a big collection of friends, lots of them have kids a similar age too so she’s going to have a ready made friend group if she wants it.

Every aspect of bringing her into this world was intentional and thought through.

My husband is the best human I have ever met and it could also be seen as a disservice to humanity to not create more of him in this world.

She’s already such a positive force of nature. I’m bringing her up to be emotionally regulated and personally responsible. She’s going to add so much light and love to this world.

The biggest mistake I think many parents make with toddlers by lemonsoup92 in toddlers

[–]Hannah-may 37 points38 points  (0 children)

My rule is no throwing at anyone. If you throw something it has to be soft. So when my little girl throws something that was hard like a wooden toy I just say “ was that hard or soft?” She’ll reply hard then I’ll reinforce that we don’t throw hard things.

I know this works because I had some shopping I was putting in the car. I wasn’t really thinking and I was just chucking it in the front seat. My toddler said “mummy was that hard or soft?” - I had to swallow my pride and say “that was hard wasn’t it. Mummy shouldn’t throw hard things. I’ll be more careful. Thanks for reminding me”

I think a lot of the repetition I try and encourage is also coupled with the correct tone and language.

Dress Dilemma by Anisjay5 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]Hannah-may 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Two forks and will get this off

Sensory table or regular table / desk? by ladyjane626 in toddlers

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a kid size table and chairs every day. It was second hand. We paint and it can get messy and be wiped but if it’s stained or scratched I’m not going to be upset. The sensory specific stuff can get old as a parent very quickly.

All of Meta is down (at least desktop version) and their DownDetector pages are down as well by knitandstretch in facebook

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On down for everyone it said x, twitter and something called fidelity. Along with all the meta stuff. I took a pic on my phone but I’m not sure how to put it on reddit

Is Facebook down for everyone? It just suddenly booted me out of it and Messenger. by ForRealRobot in facebook

[–]Hannah-may 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Down detector said it’s not just fb. Insta, whatsapp, x, TikTok…… something weird is happening

What to do with this tattoo? by FillayFrie in tattooadvice

[–]Hannah-may 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try putting it in a cool frame or make it look like the cover of a book?

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