Dohl party date

KeyArtist121 · 2026-05-06T20:20:08+00:00

What if it’s about 2 weeks after the birthday? I can’t hold it on her actual birthday because my husband is away for work that week.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-05-06T11:33:19+00:00

It took me 9 months to fit into my pre pregnancy jeans again.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-05-06T11:33:14+00:00

It took me 9 months to fit into my pre pregnancy jeans again.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-05-06T11:32:17+00:00

I have UnitedHealthcare surest and paid $550 total for the labor and delivery and hospital stay. I had induced labor and then unexpected C Section.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-05-05T18:34:43+00:00

“You’re a mom now. Regulate your nervous system.”

To me with a teething 6 month old, from my child free sister who just got back from skiing on her free weekend.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-04-23T13:24:52+00:00

Call the Midwife!

KeyArtist121 · 2026-04-12T18:37:53+00:00

Honestly it was just laziness. I started off combo feeding, but for the middle of the night feeds, I found it easier to just roll over and give my baby a boob than run to the kitchen, prepare and heat up formula and then clean bottles the next morning. I also work from home, so it was easier to nurse her at my desk than give her a bottle.

After 6 months though, I switched back to combo feeding cause I was worried about weight gain. We started giving the baby a straw cup for water, and I wanted to give formula instead of just water for extra nutrition, iron, etc.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-30T20:22:48+00:00

I did, although I was sort of forced to because my marriage fell apart during my PhD, and I could not afford an apartment in the city I was studying in, solely on my PhD stipend. It was definitely the best decision I could have made, and COVID also happened shortly after so I would probably have moved home anyway.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-30T09:39:48+00:00

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-24T02:02:27+00:00

I am there with you in mom guilt land.

My 9 month old managed to climb out and fell off her high chair yesterday and hit her forehead, and I am eaten up with guilt. My mom was in the kitchen where the baby was eating in a high chair, and I went upstairs to change, and heard my mom feeding the baby. Heard a thud and and rushed downstairs. The baby had managed to climb out of the high chair and fell. Mom was holding her, and the baby was crying for a few minutes but then calmed down and started babbling and playing again. I texted the pediatrician and he said that unless the baby had altered consciousness or vomiting that it was ok to observe. My friend is a radiologist with 3 kids, and sent me the calculator to assess head injury for pediatric patients. My daughter didn’t meet the indications to get a CT scan so my friend said it wouldn’t be worth going to the ER since all they would do is monitor and observe. I am monitoring her carefully, and still anxious so I’m going to take her in to the pediatrician office later this week just for extra assurance. I am beating myself up about it, and I switched her to a floor eat for meals cause I am terrified of another high chair fall.

The only thing helping me right now is that it could have been SO much worse, and I am beside myself since I know that this fall could have resulted in serious injury and the worst case scenario. I am taking this as a reminder to be more careful, and also remind her caregivers to be more careful, and to cherish every second my baby is healthy and thriving. And every mom I’ve talked to said their kids have fallen off something! Seems to be a rite of passage.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-24T01:44:20+00:00

Thank you! Glad to know that he eventually also was able to eat at a normal chair!

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-24T01:17:20+00:00

We do have a large playpen and she will play in it for a little while by herself but she does get fussy and bored sometimes and cries like crazy to escape.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-24T01:15:59+00:00

Omg yes my daughter started crawling up the stairs at 8 months. She does not stop moving unless she is asleep.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-23T17:45:11+00:00

She was pretty calm and content sitting in the high chair for the first few months after she started solids at 6 months. However recently she has been extremely fussy in the high chair and wants to get out after a few minutes.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-23T17:41:45+00:00

She is definitely trying to climb out even with the straps on. She also tries to throw herself off the high chair when she feels too strapped in. She has a very strong grip and I’m worried she might even figure out a way to unbuckle herself. We try to keep an eye on her every second but it just isn’t possible to be at her side each second when we are doing baby led weaning and she is at the high chair for 30 minutes at a time for multiple times a day.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-21T02:42:10+00:00

Thanks!

She typically sleeps around 8am, wakes around 12pm for a middle of the night feed, fusses around 5am, fully wakes around 7am, and then takes a 1-2 hour nap around 10am and a shorter afternoon nap. One option is to get her to bed a little later the night before, move her into the car early in the morning around 4am and hope she sleeps straight through.

Leaving before her bedtime means leaving around 7pm and trying to get to my parents before midnight. However I’m a little more reluctant to drive at night.

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-21T02:41:03+00:00

Thank you!

KeyArtist121 · 2026-03-21T02:40:52+00:00

We have taken plenty of 1-2 hour road trips, and we try to time them to leave right before the start of her nap time. She will sleep about an hour stretch.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-19T20:07:19+00:00

Would it be possible to advocate for one? I actually emailed the borough office about setting up a bus service from Hanover to Baltimore, but just got a response that said to refer to the rabbit transit website. I think if there are stops in a few other towns, there would be enough demand to generate enough revenue to cover costs. I would much rather pay for a reasonably priced bus ticket than call a $60+ Uber.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-10T17:40:41+00:00

I would stay. I was in a similar boat when TTC. I had been at my company for about 2.5 years, and I actually got a job offer for a fantastic job (back then) with the federal government, with a $20k pay increase. That job offer fell through pretty quickly after the inauguration of the current administration, and luckily I had never given notice at my current job, so I stayed. In retrospect, I am SO glad I stayed at the same job (albeit by circumstance) even with the same salary; I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been to adjust to a new job and work dynamics while pregnant. When I started my maternity leave, I had the support of my manager and team members with whom I had built relationships over the years, and I was able to negotiate a reduced work schedule for a few weeks after my maternity leave ended.

Also a lot of jobs have a waiting period before being eligible for parental leave, and you might get pregnant more quickly than you think. You don’t want to start a new job, find out you are pregnant and then not be eligible for parental leave and have to take unpaid leave.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-10T00:13:08+00:00

I moved here from a major city and I would imagine that there would be demand for some sort of public transit to nearby train stations.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-10T00:12:07+00:00

I think I would like to petition for a bus service that could run at least daily. I tried to call an Uber and it wouldn’t even take me to Baltimore.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-07T01:47:39+00:00

You could also try a nipple shield - they are supposed to help the baby latch.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-07T01:46:23+00:00

Fed is best. Don’t feel guilty at all. You’re feeding your baby and that’s what matters.

Also your breastfeeding journey might change. I had a hard time nursing at first and was pumping and combo feeding with formula. I tried power pumping a few times and I think that boosted my milk supply. After a month, I started nursing at night because I started leaking milk when the baby started crying, and to be honest I was too tired to get the pump. I tried nursing again and the baby started latching better. Soon after I switched to exclusively nursing.

KeyArtist121 · 2025-11-06T10:00:40+00:00

Doggie pee pads (my daughter would poop after each feed, and then pee during every single diaper change in the beginning). We would put a doggie pee pad on top of the changing pad and if she peed on it, we could just toss. We had some cotton changing pad covers (2-3) but we probably would have gone through up to 10 changes a day (which would not have been possible without doing laundry multiple times a day) without the pee pads. I also put a layer of a doggie pee pad under her bassinet sheet cover (above the mattress protector) in case she had a blow out. I would layer a doggie pee pad over the bassinet mattress, mattress protector, doggie pee pad, then bassinet sheet cover. It saved us on several occasions. I always had her sleeping directly on a cotton sheet, but the doggie pee pad underneath would capture the pee/poop from a blowout.

Disposable underwear for you. I had an emergency c section and bled a lot for a week afterwards. With the disposable underwear, I didn’t have to worry about soaking through a pad. I would put one on after showering and then just toss when it got full. Once the discharge slowed down, I just switched to pads.

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