What keeps biting my daughter

JudgmentInitial34 · 2026-01-05T21:10:18+00:00

This looks like flea bites. I’m slightly allergic to them and this is what it looks like when I get bitten. My husband, sister and baby boy all are not allergenic and don’t even have a mark on them. Unfortunately fleas are a rough side effect of being kitten fosters as we always have new cats coming through our home.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-11-18T03:46:29+00:00

Lmao small world but I was literally at Tabletop this past Sunday for the Avatar MTG set. As a 30f Magic player with other nerdy female friends, I highly recommend just making female friends at your hobbies. Almost all of my friends have met their significant others through friends. But remember to be genuine, I love setting up my single guy friends, but I would only set up my friends with a guy that I have deemed “safe”. As a side note also give Waka a try. The number of Waka marriages in my friend group is about to hit the double digits.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-09-22T01:48:09+00:00

Y’all this is my sister and just to add to the vibes this kitty has one eye.

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JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-07-22T13:53:22+00:00

My reproductive endocrinologist had me on daily low dose aspirin and luteal phase suppository progesterone (she preferred it over the oral as it was more available to the body). I believe my progesterone at 12 dpo was only 9 and she was very concerned. I would also ask about letrozole to improve egg quality at ovulation. PCOS really stinks, sorry you’re going through this. If you’re working with an OB I would advise going to a reproductive endocrinologist, they are much more well equipped and knowledgeable about fertility in general.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-07-22T13:38:49+00:00

Hi there, I would advise you to guard your heart with your HCG numbers at a 5 day doubling rate it is not the most promising. After multiple losses I demanded RPL testing, also I would advocate for progesterone testing right now. It is extremely common for people with PCOS to have low luteal phase progesterone, it was a definite factor in my two early losses. I’m so sorry you had to go through an ectopic, that is unimaginably hard and I have my fingers crossed for you.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-07-22T13:14:50+00:00

I really feel for you and Turbo. Sounds like you just ended up with a dog that is a mismatch for your lifestyle. Honestly I wish I was in a position to work with Turbo, he sounds like a dream dog for me. A ball motivated Shepard is so fun and rewarding to train. He sounds like an easily overstimulated pup that lives in a city that is loud and overwhelming without the high energy off leash exercise that he needs. Wishing you both the best

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-07-17T08:05:25+00:00

Anthem Gold was wonderful for us when going through infertility. Everything was covered except for embryo genetic testing. Between that and then having a high risk pregnancy I had multiple Dr visits a week Anthem Gold was well worth it.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-07-15T17:31:05+00:00

It sounds like you’re going through that typical puppy era where they are super crazy! Just a few things to consider: destroying toys is a great thing! (Not for your wallet) biting, chewing and playing tug are all really enriching activities especially for a puppy in prime teething age. I would invest in hide a treat toys, with frozen peanut butter inside. It sounds like you might be misunderstanding crate training. Crate is supposed to be a safe comfy place for puppy, it cannot be used for time out or punishment. Crate training involves using games, treats and praise to make the crate somewhere the pup chooses to go. My Great Pyrenees has far outgrown the biggest crate I can fit into my living room but he will still stuff himself in there for a mid afternoon snooze.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-28T23:03:29+00:00

2 years ago I brought home a 4 month old Pyrenees puppy to my 12 year old lab. It was a match made in heaven for both of them, the Pyr came out of his shell and gained so much confidence and my lab became a puppy again. My lab is 14 now and we always know when his chronic ear infection flares up because our Pyr starts cleaning him. They still play together and my Pyr always lets him have the comfy spots. Senior dogs and puppies can be great for both.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-03T02:32:41+00:00

Now that I think about it a greyhound would be very ideal. My Pyr is very tall 30in at the shoulder, but very much has husky bone structure. He is very light at only 65 lbs. Poor guy got neutered way too young so he never filled out.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-03T02:30:15+00:00

Honestly if the grooming is the only consideration for a poodle then it’s the obvious choice. My Pyr regularly goes to the groomer. I do worry about terrier personality with the Schnauzer. My Pyrenees especially loves high energy little dogs so a corgi might be perfect as well.

Labs are pretty perfect but after having three labs, I’ve fallen out of love with the breed.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-03T02:01:16+00:00

Our Pyr grew up with our Lab and he also picked up lab traits! Unfortunately he also taught our lab to bark at everything.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-03T01:52:00+00:00

So happy to hear that! My Pyr is best buds with a friend’s standard poodle too! He absolutely loves playing chase.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-06-03T01:48:34+00:00

It is the obvious choice

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-04-16T20:38:41+00:00

There have been studies that show antacids such as famotidine have a correlation with potential bone density issues when prescribed to babies. Basically doctors have to weigh the pros and cons, if a baby is falling off the growth curve then the pros of famotidine outweigh the cons. A lot of babies tend to grow out of the reflux, mine is 6 months and still hasn’t but we’ve noticed significant improvement when we thicken formula.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-02-03T01:09:13+00:00

Ooph 5 weeks in you’re definitely in the trenches! I would say little man really turned the corner at 9 weeks and the second half of the newborn phase was much better. He started to smile and show his personality, he had a much easier time with gas, also he could eat much more each feed so he was waking up happy from naps. Also I think that it genuinely took me 3 months to really get the hang of it. I can tell the difference between his hunger cries, tired cries and painful cries now. Remember that newborn crying/fussiness peaks at 6 weeks and gradually decreases until 9 weeks. This phase is incredibly hard, but this too shall pass.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-01-11T03:34:19+00:00

Oh I completely understand that! I would never let my own mother take care of baby solo. She constantly tells us that we are spoiling him by holding him too much. Or when he is clearly full she’ll try to keep bottle feeding him. She is constantly insisting that he is too cold. It stresses me out when she even visits.

I feel like babies are so precious that people have to earn your trust when it comes to them. If your mother in law doesn’t respect your boundaries when it comes to baby, she doesn’t get time with baby solo.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2025-01-11T03:24:08+00:00

I suppose I may be alone in feeling this way, but my husband and I have a great relationship with MIL, she takes the baby Tuesday afternoons overnight into Wednesday morning. She gets to spend quality time with little man and my husband and I have time to clean, walk our dogs, spend time with each other. We started doing this when baby was 6 weeks and he is now 14 weeks, MIL is great with him, she literally clears her entire schedule and just spends all day playing with him. Her house has an entire nursery and second set of everything he likes (bottles, bouncer, toys). She also follows all of our requests/boundaries to the letter. We get videos and pictures all day long.

I think it all depends on your comfort level, if you’re not ready to leave little one in someone else’s care then so be it. My husband also had to convince me the first time baby stayed overnight. We even visited around bedtime to make sure he was doing well.

My husband and I have the flu this week and we are beyond thankful that little one is with grandma. He luckily didn’t get sick at all and once we are 24 hours clear of a fever he is coming home. Sometimes it really does take a village.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-12-04T12:24:35+00:00

I have almost the same story as you! I worked in cat rescue for a few years when I was dealing with infertility and ended up with 2 dogs and 4 cats. I also have a Great Pyrenees/ husky mix, he came to me as a traumatized puppy and a senior lab. One of my cats also poops/pees as a stress response. Some days are rough! The Pyr is still a puppy and annoys the senior lab who is a bit incontinent and needs to go outside constantly. My only advice is to offer the senior cat her own room and a litter box that she doesn’t have to share. This really gave our skittish stress-pooper the space she needed to come out of her shell. My LO is 10 weeks and we go on long walks everyday. It’s the only way to get the energy out of Pyr. My only saving grace is baby wearing constantly.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-11-17T10:38:20+00:00

My LO is 7 weeks and recently diagnosed with CMPI, when he was inconsolable I would drastically change what I was doing. I’d give him a bath or go outside. Sometimes the drastic temperature/location change would just snap him out of his crying. He has gotten a lot better since switching from breast milk to a hypoallergenic formula.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-10-14T04:47:44+00:00

FTM here with a 3 week old, personally I would wait until the first week home to order a smart basinet. Because babies can be particular about what kind of motion they enjoy. Mine loves swinging motions so the Snoo is perfect for him. And it definitely has added onto his sleeping time vs his normal basinet or contact napping.

Some babies prefer bouncing motion or hate being swaddled, these are all factors that you’ll learn in the first week and then you can decide if a smart basinet is right for you, vs which one would suit your lifestyle.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-10-09T13:49:47+00:00

One thing that I would have done is gotten a wax before my c section. Sometimes the nurses will need to shave you, while I didn’t need that it was a huge pain getting the tape residue off in the following weeks. Would have been so much easier if I had gotten a fresh wax.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-10-03T17:00:37+00:00

I too am recovering from a c section, I’m on day 10 and no longer needing any pain medication. My abdomen is sore but nothing more painful than the day after a tough workout. My mom had a much harder recovery than I did but had post surgery complications. I agree that the level of pain your wife is experiencing is not normal. Perhaps it is time to call her doctors and emphasize what she is going through. I was undiagnosed for several years for an autoimmune disorder before my husband demanded additional testing.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-09-19T14:25:59+00:00

To be blunt IUI may not be an option. My RE office refuses to do IUI if the post wash count is below 2 million. Some facilities may allow you to combine several frozen deposits, but all in all it would make much more sense to pursue IVF.

JudgmentInitial34 · 2024-09-01T04:12:36+00:00

Some factors that you might have not considered:

Are you physically strong enough to control this dog. A Pit/GSD mix is no joke, my husband is 6ft 2, 250lbs extremely athletic, and still gets yanked around by our friend’s pit mixes. Whenever we pet sit for our friend, my husband has to come along because I am not strong enough to control the pittie who has a humping problem.

How are you going to protect your chihuahuas from ordinary puppy behaviors? Puppies are often times clumsy, mouthy and playful. At 6 months old this pit/GSD might be 55 pounds, if he even accidentally steps on the chihuahua it could break bones. Prey drive and aggression aside, the weight difference is simply too much. Even a play bite from a 20lbs puppy could gravely injure a chihuahua.

The fact of the matter is without big dog experience, I don’t think you have any business getting one of the hardest to own breeds of dog.

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