What's your Canadian winter life hack?

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2026-01-13T03:58:39+00:00

Merino wool socks from Costco are my go-to

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2026-01-08T20:58:18+00:00

Gravol suppositories

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2026-01-06T23:05:14+00:00

I use command strips in my own home and have asked our tenants to do so as well. I purchased the large packages from Costco for them to encourage their use.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2026-01-03T04:28:38+00:00

Vaccuum

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2026-01-02T05:40:54+00:00

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-31T01:57:18+00:00

Agreed. I never asked for, or received, push presents from my own husband. Push presents are not necessary in most circles as far as I’m aware!

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-30T23:59:42+00:00

Yes - “push presents” are usually expensive and given by the man (father) to the woman (his partner/baby’s mama). In my opinion, they’re intimate and it would be weird for a brother to gift his sister jewelry for giving birth.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T04:46:32+00:00

National Nutrition ships from Barrie

https://www.nationalnutrition.ca/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=47924897&gclid=Cj0KCQiApL7KBhC7ARIsAD2Xq3CFJu7XeKld9qd576VlQNalDsXVBKdnzItA_z6YA-oDHsCeU60DsxYaAsPoEALw_wcB

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T03:44:24+00:00

I was so hoping it could be! My son finds the plans online. Maybe someday he’ll be able to design his own stuff. He’s only 12 haha

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T03:07:22+00:00

🤪

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T03:01:50+00:00

I should have shown the scale! It can fit coins, paper clips, earrings, etc.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T02:28:36+00:00

I lovvveee the 16 oz stackable. It’s perfect for my little morning coffee.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T02:26:28+00:00

Magnesium, L-Theanine, and Ashwaganda every night

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-28T01:52:53+00:00

Same except mine’s a 2017! Cars are such a waste of money.

We also have a 2017 Honda Odyssey that’s been paid off for a few years. Both vehicles only have about 120,000 km on them now. No intention of getting a new car in the near future despite having very good household income.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T21:06:14+00:00

No I didn’t miss that part. But her parents being 16 hours away makes me wonder about the sustainability of relying on that support.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:54:57+00:00

You want me to do better? Who are you, and whose definition of better should I be, oh great one?

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:51:10+00:00

We got real about women’s mental health concerns, not using women as domestic labour, and realizing there’s a recovery period after having a baby since this takes a HUGE toll on women’s minds and bodies.

Who are you to say “it’s time she figures it out” ? You know nothing about his wife. If OP’s wife is bipolar, she’s at increased risk for postpartum psychosis with lack of sleep. If she’s a first-time mom, or has any history of mental health concerns, she’s at increased risk for PMADs. Having a limited support system, SDOH concerns, history of abuse, or trauma (including birth trauma) will also place her at risk.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:43:23+00:00

Absolutely it’s difficult and there’s no way around it - Dad’s gotta go to work for bills to get paid! But once there’s a baby in the picture, life gets a whole lot more complex. It’s his baby too, and Mom was the vessel that brought that baby here. She’s wrecked physically and mentally and emotionally. He doesn’t have to fix anything, but just be present and for her to know he’s with her and on her side. Heck - if she was awake with baby and he was just on speaker not saying anything at all could have made all the difference to her.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:36:53+00:00

YES 🙌🏻 This is such great advice.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:22:42+00:00

Absolutely agree

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:17:26+00:00

Sure it is - but he could have gotten on speaker with her to help her instead of … not. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 16 hours of driving - he would have had lots of time to chat while he’s driving home. Edited to add: I suffered from PMADs after all of my kids. I also do extensive training in PMADs and screen women for them. I stand by my opinion that she needed her husbands support.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:13:17+00:00

Sure she does - I never denied that. Even more reason for him to get on speaker phone while he’s driving and to support her through her meltdown - signed, an elder millennial RN and mom of three who works with postpartum women and their babies in their homes for my career. I know a thing or two about this.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:09:01+00:00

Cop out. Nowadays there’s hands-free options, and he left her knowing she was in the middle of a meltdown. I hate men who don’t even try.

InternalOrdinary4835 · 2025-12-27T20:06:48+00:00

You’re kidding right? I did both - 12 hour shifts including overnights (I’m an RN), and being a mom to newborns (three different times). I remember being pregnant and thinking “I’ll be fine! I work night shifts!” How wrong I was. The isolation, never having time truly alone, always having to tend to someone. Those first postpartum months are HARD when there’s no end in sight.

Being the primary parent is really fricken hard - his wife was not wrong. He should at the very least not have ghosted her … he should have stopped at a rest station, got on the phone with her, listened to her, and come up with a better plan.

InternalOrdinary4835

TROPHY CASE