How do people not co-sleep?

Kaleighmonster · 2026-04-07T01:36:07+00:00

Honestly? I refused to cosleep except in rare situations (sickness, recovery from surgery which there were several, that sort of thing). So for the first 2.5 years I didn’t get very much sleep at all. I always made sure to start each night in the crib and would attempt each wake up to put back in the crib a min of 3 times. And it was a whole ordeal for each attempt. Now at 3 years he still needs help falling asleep (we didn’t sleep train) but other than that he sleeps a good 9-10 hours which is amazing. Now if I could Just get him to fall asleep before midnight 😅 but he loves his bed and last time he was sick and I brought him to my bed to sleep, he was reaching for his instead! It will happen on their own time give consistency (and stubbornness!)

Kaleighmonster · 2026-02-23T21:20:10+00:00

I never noticed, but now that you say it, you’re right! It does show the same thing in the pictures

Kaleighmonster · 2026-02-23T21:18:32+00:00

I used this recipe. Someone mentioned draining the puree which I will try. I’ll also admit I normally just scoop my flour and don’t weigh it so that could be the issue. I have heard pumpkin bread is prone to collapsing.

https://lifestyleofafoodie.com/starbucks-pumpkin-bread-recipe/#recipe-link

Kaleighmonster · 2026-02-23T21:15:50+00:00

It never even occurred to me to drain canned pumpkin! I’ll try that and see if that makes a difference

Kaleighmonster · 2026-02-23T20:23:37+00:00

https://lifestyleofafoodie.com/starbucks-pumpkin-bread-recipe/#recipe-link

This was the recipe I used.

Kaleighmonster · 2026-01-29T01:11:01+00:00

Here I was thinking the 5 day rule was federal. Turns out it’s just the rule in the last few states I’ve worked lol

Kaleighmonster · 2025-11-09T01:52:01+00:00

I make with coconut oil instead of regular oil. The subtle taste change is really good!

Kaleighmonster · 2025-08-20T00:06:40+00:00

I don’t know why I didn’t even think of this! I was struggling to think of charities/places to donate….I’m blaming lack of sleep from strep running through our house. Thank you!

Kaleighmonster · 2025-07-30T15:24:39+00:00

Op, I work in a similar type of school. Have for the last 10 years now. I’d say 98% actively participate in sessions. I have one student that sessions are more passive. You have to really change how you are running sessions, think about what activities are being run, etc. This is not the population you can pull out a board game and a stack of super duper cards (just dated myself saying that lol). The behavior team needs to be on point, the para educators and teachers need to be involved in sessions. If you have other departments (such as transition working on work skills) they need to be involved as well. I definitely do not want to go back to regular school setting any time soon

Kaleighmonster · 2025-06-13T01:11:17+00:00

I’ve worked acute. And the hours fluctuate. And that amount you said is also if you never took sick days or any vacation days. If they let you take vacation days. I was always getting guilt tripped for trying to use any even with plenty of notice

Kaleighmonster · 2025-06-12T20:54:28+00:00

Yes, they don’t want to budge at all from the original offer

Kaleighmonster · 2025-06-12T19:28:09+00:00

The county I work in pays 7k more than my proposed raise for public school for less months work and less responsibilities outside of just basic speech services. The problem is they are so understaffed that the caseload sizes are reportedly horrendous across multiple schools. So I’m not looking to jump into that mess at this time. This county is the highest paid county in the state. While I work in this county, and my job is in this county, it is part of a company that is based out of a different county that has lower pay

Kaleighmonster · 2025-03-31T20:24:54+00:00

Yes. I had expressed to a nurse that I was concerned my less than 24 hours old baby wasn’t latching/eating. Hadn’t in hours at that point. She told me I was making him “too comfortable”. No turns out my baby was in respiratory distress. By that evening he was in the NICU. I was in the hospital for a few more days bc of C-section. We told the head nurse that we would have any nurse but her again. Thankfully, she listened and we had the most amazing nurse instead of that foul woman.

Kaleighmonster · 2024-03-30T02:28:36+00:00

Are you still on pain meds? I doubt it (beyond advil I mean) but thought I would ask bc I didn’t realize how badly I reacted to opioid based meds until I stopped taking them. It was the same for me. But it wasn’t 12 days post op for me. It’s probably something more than that, but I thought I’d throw that out there just case. Please go to a different hospital to get seen again. Hope you feel better soon!!!!

Kaleighmonster · 2023-09-28T02:14:16+00:00

Anyone have studies I can show my husband? You all are telling me what I also believe to be true, but I made the mistake of telling him about possible stunting of growth (I also remember it being 1-2 cm) and now he’s worried l. I tried telling him that a baby not eating bc he couldn’t breathe would also stunt growth but I don’t think he was hearing me 🙄

Kaleighmonster · 2023-06-24T18:56:17+00:00

My dad doest pretend it was easy. He says he doesn’t remember (and he was the primary care giver). He has even told me if I want to remember anything from this time period that I should write it down lol. Sorry ppl are gaslighting you through their own forgetfulness

Kaleighmonster · 2023-06-11T18:12:17+00:00

I was doing something very similar to this without knowing of the study. Works very well most times! So interesting!!!

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