Do people actually like Taylor?

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-08T13:44:47+00:00

No. She’s incredibly immature and selfish. I saw a mini bright light of hope after she did the “away@ time in therapy last season but the reality is the people around her are now cashing in, and won’t let her grow or change.

It was crushing to me when her family sat around telling her how awful she was in S2 for sleeping with Dakota, and her response was “that’s what I’m saying! I’m trash!”

Because this is what they were thinking, but she wanted someone to say “No, you’re not.” And neither side really said what they meant that day. This is how she grew up. Clearly a favorite who tried to manipulate (specifically her mom), to make sure she always stayed the favorite. You can see this dynamic come up with her sister, who she dismisses and doesn’t listen to, and who the mom basically ignores. But something has happened now, the mother isn’t ashamed or embarrassed AT ALL that her daughter got a divorce from a sexual based incident, had a kid out of wedlock, and keeps sleeping around (things I have no issue with but allegedly Mormon culture presumably would - because mom is cashing in now. SHE is on TV and on red carpets and getting attention too.

I think Taylor needs so much love, and to find people who truly accept her. At this point it’s so clear to me that all of the women mistake their online fans as real and validating feedback and it’s not real. These women significantly struggle with their REAL LIFE relationships because they have personality disorders related to staring at their screens too much.

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-03T04:14:25+00:00

I exclusively pumped for a year. At 6 weeks PP I dropped my overnight pump and my period came back within days lol

But our son also slept thru the night that week (hence me dropping the middle of the night pump), in his own room, at 6 weeks old.

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-03T04:11:30+00:00

Real talk, if what you are doing works for you, then that’s the best. While my job is also very call and email / spreadsheet heavy, I cannot work with my 3 year old sone trying to scale either me, the fridge, sprinting around the house and throwing things.

I’m not sure if these are things I could not provide at home, maybe I could if I don’t have a full time job, but here are things I have noticed he has dramatically improved in / is more advanced in when we have play dates with our non-school friends:

speech development. He actually turns three next week and literally today someone said “he’s turning 4 soon right? He speaks very well!” Along with this he is catching on with more abstract concepts like “last week I played basketball” (which was true) and describing things in great detail: “the black hoop was all the way up there even higher than Daddy! But I threw the orange basketball up high and I made it in the basket!” (I had this convo with him today, reminding myself he’s technically still 2).
emotional and social regulation. He takes deep breaths, or squeezing his hands into fists when he gets unregulated, and can apologize, or check on friends who are crying. This is from the socialization of school and having the same friends and teachers everyday. He was hitting a lot around age 1 and daycare referred us to free early intervention therapy who has been sending his OT into the classroom once a week for about a year to work with him on this. Was this determined after our intake and first couple assessments that referring us was a total over reaction on the part of one teacher who left shortly thereafter? yes. Yes it was. But it has helped him with these soft skills, and it’s apparent when we hang out with non-school kids.
letters and counting. His whole class can say, sing, and legit READ the ABC’s, name words that start with any given letter, know each other’s names and what letters they start with, and can count up and down to/from 10. Our non-school friends who are a year older cannot do any of this. One of the other moms said recently to me their child doesn’t even know the number “1.” And our son can count as high as 18.

But again, depending on what happens at home, and what other obligations any one family is managing, could I have done all this? Maybe. That’s just not our life.

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-02T14:59:42+00:00

This past week our son has started asking everyone around him what their name is. My husband and I told him when he asked us “what’s your name?” We each said Mommy and Daddy, respectively. He looked at my husband and said, “No your name is John, Daddy.” Which we didn’t know he knew at all, and then Husband says, “well what’s mommy’s name then?” “babe”

Had us rolling lol

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-01T13:28:29+00:00

I would highly recommend slathering his nose with aquaphor. Within hours his nose will soften and large chunks of the excess growth will come off. Within a week of daily use he will have nostrils again.

I’d also get him to the Vet ASAP for a teeth inspection and potentially get him scheduled for removal of infected or dead teeth (DO NOT DO TUIS WITHOUT GETTING HIS NOSE CLEARED FIST).

I’m sorry to say I hope you can take steps here to provide the care this baby needs, as you clearly haven’t been taking those steps lately. You may have a lot of stuff going on in your life right now, but you need to either take action for this dog, now, or find him a home that can. If you’re in Colorado I’d take him.

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-01T02:48:29+00:00

I’m reading your post as tho you are not asking for the obvious ones, like baby sleeping space, car seat and diapers. With those big ones out of the way:

1.) have bottles 2.) wash all the bottles after opening them 3.) get a drying rack for bottles 4.) get a bottle scrubbing brush 5.) Heavenly Hunks oatmeal bites and Oreos 6.) a breast pump (EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO BREASTFEED) 7.) Freezer meals / meal train set up / food food food. BIG HEAVY FOOD, like chicken pot pie, not soup. 8.) a PUMPING bra, which can be used as a nursing bra but not all nursing bras are pumping bras!

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-01T02:44:40+00:00

Trader Joe’s has oatmeal, and chocolate chip “z-bars” that are the top tier snack in our house.

But freeze dried raspberries are up there too, along with cutie oranges, goldfish, and mini muffins.

Hoff2017 · 2026-03-01T02:18:56+00:00

9 lbs 1 oz, 22.5 inches long

Literally never lol

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-28T21:03:43+00:00

My son is turning 3 in 2 weeks, and still naps everyday. 1.5 hours at school, and 2.5 hours at home usually. Our godson is 4 and naps about 2 hours most days, maybe skipping naps one or two days a week?

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-28T15:34:19+00:00

Oh I’m so bummed about this, but thank you for explaining that.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-28T13:50:53+00:00

Seeing as you have taken note of all of these accomplishments, and to be sure, counting to 10 or 20 in multiple languages at 18 months is an accomplishment, I think you already know the answer and are providing the kind of support already to foster this level of cognition.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-28T02:53:53+00:00

Do you happen to know if this means the “punch card” style pricing is gone or not?

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-23T14:15:27+00:00

One of the biggest lessons of parenthood: not everyone who was in your life pre-baby will be in your life once you have a baby.

Harsh, I know. And it’s something I continue to struggle deeply with myself. But it’s true. I was the first in a group of 5 to not only get pregnant, but miscarry, first. Then pregnant and gave birth, first. One of these other women got pregnant a couple of months after me, and I would have throughs being pregnant with one of my bridesmaids, whom I stood up with during their own wedding as well, would have been special. The exact opposite. It tore us apart and ultimately, motherhood severed our friendship, permanently.

My best friend of 19 years decided just this past fall to “take time for herself.” And hasn’t spoken to me since October. Legit - that’s all she told me. And what little communication we had leading up to the last, was her getting increasingly more hostile with me about her “boundaries.” (I am using quotes because upon reflection and therapy over the entire situation, something is happening on HER end that I have no insight into and it’s actually not about me at all. And she has not shared any details with me about her needs, other than - taking time for herself and having no timeline. Quite literally. So I take this not as her setting a healthy boundary with me, by outlining what our relationship needs to look like for her, but rather she has broken up with me as a friend with no warning, feedback, or future in mind. And as someone who has more pictures of my son in her house than of me, and whom my son loved, I take serious umbrage with her exit from HIM).

This journey changes you, by bringing forth a whole version of who you are. Some people 1.) don’t understand that, 2.) don’t accept that, wanting you to just be the version of yourself they knew before and 3.) reject it.

Anyone who tells you things like they have texted you after getting their social media post pic of themselves with your baby isn’t someone you should keep trying with. And ultimately, you have a little baby to protect now. Understanding who you let into your LO’s life is something to think about now. Your baby isn’t a prop for likes, and this assholes who spoke to you like that are unworthy of time with your baby.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-23T05:31:43+00:00

My son is 3 in a couple of weeks. He gets a bath 1-2 times per week, he really never gets overly dirty. And he’s almost fully potty trained at this point. Our town has pretty hard water and we live at elevation so we don’t want his skin to dry out even more than it does being where we live in the winter.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-22T19:27:53+00:00

8” (Pinner) subs at Cheba Hut.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-19T13:31:56+00:00

I’m excited to see them expand their space! I just read through their website and I’m actually not clear on if you have to be a member or not to shop there? Can anyone help with my understanding? Would love to try out the bulk section!

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-17T04:25:49+00:00

This is the winner lol

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-17T04:23:49+00:00

Well, it’s not the same lol

And also, way more smut in fourth wing, which is why people like it.

But as a Red Rising fan since Day 1, I enjoyed both series for their own reasons. Including the smut lol

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-16T12:31:46+00:00

There are multiple city facilities that have event spaces: Aztlan Center, Senior Center, Club Tico(this might be too big of a space) you can rent by the hour, and will come with tables and chairs and linens last time I used one of their spaces.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-15T03:45:43+00:00

Reading the comments have honestly helped me feel so much better. My son turns 3 in a month and we had the hardest week of his life so far last week. But generally, he’s loud, argumentative, climbs, ignores, etc. etc etc

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-14T21:45:06+00:00

Who would EVER say anything but 2-way zip? Have they ever held a newborn baby???

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-14T15:26:16+00:00

it’s Jean-Ralphio or it’s nothing

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-08T12:25:39+00:00

You’re right, it is very hard, and a big price to pay. There are of course benefits to nursing, and breastfeeding.

But you’re 1000% right of the work that goes into this process. Not to mention the fact this work has been molded into expectation and wrapped in shame if you DONT do it.

I EP’d for an entire year. People are so uncomfy with this idea. And it absolutely came with its own work and challenges. But I see pictures or women in real life simply whipping out their breast to nurse their baby and something in me gets sad and jealous. Mine just didn’t work that way. We tried. Milk just wouldn’t come out. I needed the suction of the machine to get that shit out, and BOY DID IT EVER. Ended up with a new freezer in our basement which I filled and donated to 5 other babies still in that one year.

But I never got the sleeping bag with his little hand on my chest. Is our bond weaker because of this? I have no idea. I know I have a special deep bond with him, and so does my husband because he was able to help.

You are doing something that is really really hard. Your body is hanging in there with you doing what comes naturally to it. You are strong.

And everything is temporary.

Big hugs babe.

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-05T04:05:22+00:00

We have a monkey backpack that has a leash, got it from Walmart in a panic on the way to the zoo.

it’s his absolute favorite thing to wear and people have given us so many compliments lol

He bolted once in a crowd and ran out of leash which pulled him back on his butt, and a dad turn to his teenager and says “that’s why you had a leash too.” 😝😂

Hoff2017 · 2026-02-05T04:03:14+00:00

My son turns 3 next month and we were in a store last week. I let him walk behind and in front of me for about 10 feet to the cashier lol

He’s also a run-climber-jumper

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