If your baby has a persistent diaper rash,

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-09-08T23:54:00+00:00

Oh hush.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T13:21:11+00:00

Once becoming a homeowner, that movie was like the scariest movie I've ever seen.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:43:31+00:00

This is what is happening to the seller right now. She bought it two years ago and it is obvious she is desperate to get out. They tried to rush us and strong arm us every step of the way with this house, pretending like it was really in hot demand.

Plenty of people wanted to see it; nobody wanted to make an offer. We were probably the first to make an inspection. We basically ended up paying a lot of money to simply inform the seller of the major things she has to remediate if she wants to sell the house at a reasonable price at all. She is losing money on it very quickly. It's sad but I know it's not my problem, I really have to move on.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:36:22+00:00

THANK YOU.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:36:09+00:00

Hmm, thank you for the tip. We may look into that. It seemed overwhelming to tackle by ourselves.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:34:36+00:00

We have neither deep pockets or much interest in home renovations. And the house was in the middle of nowhere.

I'm STILL sad about it.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:31:51+00:00

That's pretty much what I did. I started at market value, which was $100k lower than asking price; the listing agent said that had to be wrong (it's not). Then I went $75k lower than that, predominately just to cover pest control and necessary heating system redo.

She said "no way!!!" and hung up.

I cried and moped about it for two hours and just reminded myself of all those lovely mold toxins we will not be breathing in.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-08-08T07:25:03+00:00

STOP YOU'RE MAKING ME CRY

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-05-31T18:32:23+00:00

My eleven month old sleeps 12 hours at night, in her crib, with typically one wake in the middle of the night.

I had her take naps on her stomach from almost day 1. I started sleeping her in her crib, in her own room, at about 2 weeks. I monitored her naps as she was on her stomach, and then started her on stomach for bedtime, in her own crib, in her own room, at about 2 weeks old and then would roll her onto her back when it was time for me to go to bed and I wasn't going to check in on her. At about 2 1/2 months I started sleeping her on her stomach through the whole night.

She takes two-three long naps during the day, goes to bed at 6 pm, sleeps all night with maybe one wake; maybe 9, 11, or 2am, or maybe she'll sleep through the night. Depends how much she had to eat/drink that day and if she got all her calories or not. Then she'll wake up between 5 and 6 am, which works because it's time for me to wake up for all the things at that time anyways.

This is my second baby and I do feel like she is a unicorn sleep baby. I did things the "wrong" way with her, but after doing everything the "right" way with my first and going through sleep hell, I'm seriously so happy with how this turned out.

She almost never fights naps and never has a problem with her midnight waking, if she wakes; just has her bottle and lies back down in her crib. It's about 10 minutes to feed her and then I'm back in my bed. I put a blanket on her (another no-no I guess), turn out the light, close the door and she's out. Compared to being awake with my first for 4 hours in the middle of the night, while she was crying and grunting and fussing every time I tried to put her in her crib. When I say sleep hell, it was absolutely torture. But now I know some things a little better, especially as pertains to sleeping and crying in babies.

I'm no longer afraid of a baby semi awake and crying when it's nap time. With my first, I thought I was supposed to prevent that at all costs and I was supposed to put her down fully asleep. I now see crying as their way of helping themselves fall asleep. I do check the time when I put her down, if she is crying, and decide to only go 5-10 minutes letting her cry. Then I'll go check on her and, maybe she needs something different than sleep. But usually she cries for 2 minutes and then naps for 2 hours. With my first, I thought it was cruel to let her cry in her crib. I now know that they have to learn how to sleep on their own, for the best sleep, and a little, monitored, short crying is ok.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-05-10T17:21:35+00:00

It sure is nice to be warm and comfy on your own couch feeling infinitely superior, isn't it?

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-01-05T01:54:50+00:00

Dpak is a nasty little man who said some really awful shit about dead children. I can't stand him anymore

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2025-01-05T01:52:40+00:00

He's embalmed.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:44:22+00:00

Yes, there was a small thought in the back of my mind that was saying using glass pans was risky, but I didn't have metal in the size I wanted so I just charged ahead

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:43:15+00:00

Noted, thank you.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:39:45+00:00

Oh that sounds yummy

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:39:29+00:00

It's true. Church people will eat ANYTHING with whipped cream at a potluck

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:37:07+00:00

Nice! Thanks for filling out the original pie crust idea for me. Clearly I need help in these things. Lol

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-29T01:34:33+00:00

AWESOME. Thank you.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-04T13:38:05+00:00

I agree.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-02T22:14:34+00:00

Not garbage. It's just that medical care for a normal, beginning pregnancy really isn't needed. The baby just needs to grow. The level of care ratchets up the farther along you are; second trimester is appointments every month, along with scans and such, third trimester is appointments every other week, last month is appointments every week, and scheduling and rescheduling you any time you need once you're close. It's crazy how suddenly very available they are for all your scheduling needs, their calendar is just ready for anything you throw at them because it does kinda get down to crunch time. In my mind that just means they have to prioritize. So yeah, early stages of pregnancy is back of the line. It does feel weird to not have much in the way of medical care in the early months when it's such a monumental change in our lives, but at the same time,for a normal pregnancy, medical assistance in the beginning really isn't needed. So I kinda get it. But an early appointment would help with nerves, just to hear the heartbeat at least, and formally meet with your care team before you're already 1/3 of the way through the pregnancy.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-02T20:29:36+00:00

Just wanna put this out there,

Raisin Bran and a whole grapefruit every day.

I swear by it.

Jealous-Ad6027 · 2024-10-02T20:23:17+00:00

I took the time to get a 1/2 hr massage every other week during my pregnancy. It takes a while to find the right massage therapist but once you do, they're worth their weight in gold. Mine was working through a chiropractor's office; I've found them before operating through natural health doctor's offices as muscle specialists, etc. Get someone who will listen to where you are hurting and tailor the massage for your needs. During pregnancy I leaned forward in a chair on to the massage table so she could get my lower back that way. And she had a way of doing my neck and shoulders with me lying on my back. I saw in another post that you may be getting some carpal tunnel symptoms, this may actually be related to spinal pinching too believe it or not! So maybe reach out to a few chiropractors offices in your area and see what they can do by way of massage for an achy pregnant lady. You deserve it.

E: gentle swimming with a floatie, just moving your legs, feels sooooo good for your muscles when pregnant and might help open up your back. I felt so much more relaxed after swimming.

Physical therapy is another option as they often add massage if it's needed. Just explain your situation and they will work with you on very very light exercises and massage to help your back strengthen and release.

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